Management of the University of Ghana has suspended all organized events and other programmes on campus for the rest of the 2021/22 academic year.
A statement from the institution signed by its Registrar, Emelia Agyei-Mensah, said the decision was taken from the recommendations of the University’s Council.
It comes in the wake of the recent clashes between students of Commonwealth Hall and Mensah Sabah Hall that took place on Friday, August 5, and Saturday, August 6, 2022.
The Council, however, after deliberation on the incidents outlined some decisions to enable finding lasting solutions to the more frequent violent clashes among students on campuses hence the decision to suspend all events amidst probing the recent matter.
In line with Sections 16(2) and 22 (la) of the University of Ghana Act, 2010, Act 3C6, and Section 9 (1) of the University’s statutes, which enjoin the University Council to safeguard the good name and values of the university, and enable the University Council to make arrangements concerning the internal organization of the University which it considers necessary.
“Management of the University should continue to work on measures to interrogate the root end immediate causes of the tensions between students of Commonwealth and Mensah Sarbah Halls and put in place measures to eliminate these. Requisite actions should be taken to ensure the success of these measures.
“No events organized by students should be held for the remainder of the 2021/2022 academic year without the express approval of the Dean of Student Affairs. Students who are offered places in hails of residence should be made to sign undertakings to be of good behavior,” it said.
To ensure accountability of hall officials to University authorities, it further charged the Vice-Chancellor to appoint key officers in all halls of residence, based on recommendations from the halls, in a similar way that heads of department are appointed.
To this end, a standard procedure for the election and the appointment of hall officials should be addressed in the ongoing revisions to the University’s Statutes.
Meanwhile, the Council as part of its investigations has sacked the Hall Master and Senior Tutor of Commonwealth Hall from their roles in the interim citing their non-commitment to hold students of the hall accountable following the incidents.
