Commonwealth hall

14 Feb

Students Clash With Police At UG While Protesting Management’s ‘Silence’ On Accommodation Crisis

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Some aggrieved students have clashed with police at the forecourt of the Commonwealth Hall at the University of Ghana as they tried to access the facility. The former residents of the hall are protesting to register their displeasure over what they see as management’s silence on the accommodation crisis. This was after the court placed an injunction on the implementation of the residential policy. On January 6, the aggrieved students secured an interim injunction against the implementation of the new policy revoking the residential status of continuing students of both Mensah Sarbah and Commonwealth Halls. But the said students remain…

28 Dec

UG: Vandals, Vikings ‘Fight’ Management Over Decision To Revoke Residential Status Of All Continuing Students

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Some students of the University of Ghana (UG) have described as "heartless" the decision by management to revoke the residential status of continuing students of Mensah Sarbah (Vikings) and Commonwealth (Vandals) halls. In a press statement, the students said "we find ourselves victims of incompetence and mismanagement, as we are made to take a bitter pill of absorbing the monetary cost of the actions and inactions of management of this university. Today, we are compelled to cough up more than 3,800 cedis being an increment in UGEL residential fees to the already expensive residential fees of 2,980 cedis per year,…