{"id":109321,"date":"2015-04-19T10:15:30","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T10:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=109321"},"modified":"2015-04-19T12:20:09","modified_gmt":"2015-04-19T12:20:09","slug":"npp-ndcs-influence-in-student-politics-dangerous-usag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=109321","title":{"rendered":"NPP, NDC&#8217;s influence in student politics &#8216;dangerous&#8217; &#8211; USAG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The University Students Association of Ghana (USAG) is blaming politicians for the tension on the campus of the University of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;AUzipwMOf19C24dujqYh3LaszWbWmAOa&#8221;]The association\u00a0is however calling on political parties to refrain from influencing politics in the various tertiary institutions in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The call follows the <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/04\/15\/legon-elections-detained-software-engineer-is-innocent-wife\/#sthash.1deh8zMs.gQuCanN3.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>arrest of Stephen Forson<\/strong><\/a>,<\/span> the software engineer whose software was used in University of Ghana&#8217;s just ended election.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was arrested by\u00a0the Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) for allegedly manipulating the software used for the election to go in favour of one candidate which he has denied.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, Coordinating Secretary for USAG, Adams Abubakar \u00a0said political parties should be banned from infiltrating the ranks of student leadership.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe University of Ghana\u2019s election that took place was painted NDC and NPP and that is why the secretariat of USAG is saying that its very wrong for politicians to infiltrate the realms of student politics in our dear nation,\u201d he noted adding that &#8220;it is very dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He recounted that \u201cduring the election we had some people coming from NPP and others as NDC who are not even students and from outside.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;They paraded themselves as those who have the election machinery to make somebody win or lose and that has increased the tension as we see it and the politicians should be blamed,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University Students Association of Ghana (USAG) is blaming politicians for the tension on the campus of the University of Ghana. 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