The president elect of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS), Mr. Akwasi Osei Atuahene, has called on government to be proactive in the release of funds needed for the smooth running of the schools and not wait for the situation to get worse before they react.
The Principals of Colleges of Education have given notice to students of the Colleges in Ghana to prepare to feed themselves after 8th May,2022 due to the failure of government to release bursaries to Colleges of education for seven months to pay their credtors and buy feed.
Speaking to the issue on the Word Community Watch on Word FM in Zuarungu with Mr. Simon Agana, Mr. Atuahene said the news about the current challenges of the Colleges is worrying and was relieved with shock.
“The news was very worrisome and many of us were taken aback. I would want to believe that the Principals of our colleges of education have been pushed to the wall where nothing can be done and that is why they have come out with this directive.”
Mr. Atuahene said the colleges had made calls for government to release money for the running of the schools about two weeks ago when some colleges could not feed their students. He said government shouldn’t have to always wait to get to the point where students cannot be fed before they react.
” They started threatening two weeks ago. Somewhere last week about two to three days some teacher training institutions were not fed. Some schools had to go four days looking for their own food. We don’t have to get to this stage.”
The president elect gave the indication that the Union will follow up to the colleges to ensure that the funds released really get to them.
The Principal of the St. John Bosco Colledge of Education, Dr. Joseph on the same program, confirmed that the college is hard press because suppliers have refused to credit them more food to feed the students because they owe the suppliers seven months arrears.
By: Simon Agana Blessing/mywordfmonline.com