The management of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says it will need about Gh¢1.7million to repair all the damage caused during last Monday demonstration by the students.
These estimates exclude items stolen during the riot.
The University Relations Officer (URO), Mr Kwame Yeboah, who made this known explained that the amount was for items destroyed during the demonstration.
These include damage caused to buildings, vehicles that were vandalized and the replacement of the CCTV cameras that were destroyed.
He said a committee would soon be constituted to look into the matter and determine the way forward.
However, he said management has started the process of replacing some of the items destroyed as it could not wait for the committee to finish its work before taking action.
Mr Yeboah explained that some of the things destroyed would have to be replaced to enable the university open on time.
Although he was not emphatic, he said the university would soon reopen for students to return to campus.
The Chancellor of KNUST, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is expected to visit campus today [Wednesday] to see the extent of damage caused during the demonstration.
Source: Daily Graphic
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DEMONSTRATION IS NOT A CRIME. NOT ALL THE STUDENTS WERE DESTRUCTIVE. WE CAN SEE FROM THE MANY VIDEOS IN CIRCULATION MANY OF THE STUDENTS WHO WERE DESTRUCTIVE. WITH THE HELP OF THE GOOD AND SENSIBLE STUDENTS THE INVESTIGATION BODY CAN IDENTIFY MOST OF THE VIOLENT STUDENTS. THE VIOLENT STUDENTS MUST PAY FOR THEIR CRIME. IF, HOWEVER, THE GOOD STUDENTS FAIL TO HELP TO IDENTIFY THE BAD ONES, THEN ALL SHOULD BE MADE TO PAY, THROUGH SUCH DECISION DEFIES JUSTICE. TO DEMONSTRATE IS NOT A CRIME. SO IF A STUDENT HAS DEMONSTRATED WITHOUT BECOMING DESTRUCTIVE HE HAS COMMITTED NO CRIME AND SHOULD NOT BE PUNISHED FOR THE WRONGDOING OF THE OF THE SENSELESS STUDENTS. CERTAINLY, IT MIGHT NOT BE EASY TO IDENTIFY ALL THE BAD STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY IF THE GOOD ONES FAIL TO HELP. IF IT HAPPENS LIKE THAT, THEN ALL THE STUDENTS MIGHT END UP TO BE BAD STUDENTS AND BECOME LIABLE TO THE COST OF THE DESTRUCTION. ALL SAID AND DONE, THE SRC AND ANY OTHER STUDENT LEADERS WHO ORGANISED THE DEMONSTRATION SHOULD BE MADE TO BEAR THE CHUNK OF THE COST OF DESTRUCTION FOR THEIR FAILURE TO MANAGE SUCCESSFULLY THE DEMONSTRATION THEY HAVE SUPERVISED. THERE SHOULD BE EXPENSIVE PRICE TO BECOME ***barred word*** LEADER INSTEAD OF A USEFUL ONE.
THEY SHOULD PAY OR ADDED TO THEIR FEES.IF THEY DONT PUNISH THEM FOR THAT ,,THEN IT SHAL CONTINUE TIL THY KINGDOM COME...OTHER SCHOOL WILL ALSO EMULATE THAT ACT,WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS
that car in the picture belongs to my sister ooh pls buy her a new one wai. IGF on my mind
I suggest that Government funds are not used to carry out the repairs. The Governing Council andthe University Community should find ways of making the restoration without using Government funds since it is their actions and in actions that caused the riots