Students of the University of Ghana will now heave a sigh of relief following a decision by authorities of the school to scrap the payment of utility bills to settle it’s arrears.<\/p>\n
The decision will be effective from next academic year.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”1VWI8LEPmHvGbS4c1pyOYlusPP3hNcxC”]School authorities had earlier proposed <\/a><\/strong><\/span>GHC 2,326 cedis and GHC 922 for residential and non residential students respectively.<\/p>\n But a statement signed by the President of the SRC, Esinam Afi Seade, said the proposed charges had been \u201cnullified.\u201d<\/p>\n The statement further explained that, the directive \u201cwas effected by the University’s management at the University’s Council meeting on the 30th of June, 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIn the light of this, students shall only pay \u00a0their respective residential and academic fees from the start of the 2016\/2017 academic year which effectively begins on Wednesday 17th August, 2016.\u00a0Such billings shall be duly communicated later,” the statement said.<\/p>\n \u201cOur resolve to champion the interests of students remains unaltered, and with all available support, we shall always seek the best pasture for all students,” it added.<\/p>\n Last year, government announced a policy to absorb utility bills for tertiary institutions, but some of the institutions still transferred the cost\u00a0to students.<\/p>\n Students of some tertiary institutions said they were still being billed \u00a0despite government\u2019s intervention.<\/p>\n This compelled the Ghana Union of Professional Students (GNUPS),\u00a0to ask government<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>to\u00a0clarify its stance on\u00a0absorbing utility cost for the various tertiary institutions across the country.<\/p>\n