By: Eric Murphy Asare

The general secretary for the National Union of Ghana Students, Joshua K Opey has exposed the University of Ghana on the level of assaults meted out to students as a result of high charges of fees in the 2019/202 academic year.

The research by the general secretary shows the analogy of an increase in payment by the university authorities which corresponds to the parliamentary approval of 5% and charging between 4.9 to 5.04%.

In a statement by the President, Denis Appiah Larbi, the excuse by the University Authorities is an attempt to use falsehood and non-existence justifications to perpetuate illegality and extort unapproved extra charges, this, according to him tends to contradict the University authority's claims of unilaterally vary provision of a base year.

Find below the analysis and facts findings by Nugs;

The analysis of the data of fees charged by University of Ghana management from 2018/2019 to 2021/2022 done by the General Secretary of NUGS as shown above shows clearly the level we are willing to go to justify the assault on students but we are gladly in for sustained advocacy founded on research, data, facts, and most important laws.

The analysis shows that :
1. Their analogy of not increasing fees in 2019/2020 is a lie, they applied the parliamentary approval of up to 5% , charging btn 4.9% and 5.04%

2. We all know that beyond 2019/2020 no increment in fees had been approved by parliament.

3. Any increment with the period between of 2019/2020 and 2021/2022 is an illegality.

4. The excuse from UG is an attempt to use falsehood and non-existent justification to perpetuate illegality and extortion .

5. Beyond the falsehood, even if their Justification was not falsehood, they have not right to unilaterally vary a provision of parliament with a base year without recourse to parliament the approval authority

6. The argument from UG is more weaker when you wonder what is their justification for the +75% increment in accommodation fees when in fact same is subjected to Act 1080 .

This is a system bent on towing the lane of illegalities, unfortunately, you would not have expected such actions from a University community.

Source//Sompaonline.com