The students of Kwadaso Agric College, Ejura Agric College, Ohawu Agric College Damongo Agric College and Animal Health and Production College, Pong-Tamale had deserted their classrooms earlier in October, in protest of the failure by government to restore their allowances.

[contextly_sidebar id=”hhHvwkwYMnC9vZf2JX8htBB3NIcPq76w”]Prior to that, they had besieged the premises of the Agric Ministry in Accra over their grievances.

The Ministry of Agriculture had earlier announced that, it had tabled the request from the students for the restoration of the allowances before Cabinet.

But the students had expressed discontent with the Ministry after there were no further updates of a possible restoration of the allowances, forcing the students to ditch their classes in an attempt to compel the government to act.

It appears their move has been successful, after they received assurances from the Agric Ministry that talks had been held with the Ministry of Finance on the restoration of the allowances.

According to the President of the Agricultural Colleges Students Union, Samson Chimbur Sanika, officials of the Ministry had informed them about the latest developments and assured them that an announcement would be made after the students return to their classrooms.

“We the five agricultural colleges have been engaging the Ministry of Agric to come clear to address the issues because academics is very important to the students. We were saying that it’s wrong for students to stay at home. We had meetings with them and they’ve shown us that they are coming to pay the allowances. They’ve had meetings with the Ministry of Finance and shown us the documents. He has agreed clearly to pay us,” he told Citi News.

“We can’t be at home to take the money so we must report back and they’ll start the due process as soon as possible, so we should get the students back to the campus and then they’ll come clear. I know that they must pay us and they will, based on what they are telling me.”

‘Agric students being disregarded’

The President of the Kwadaso Agric College’s Students Representative Council (SRC), Stanley Mensah, stated at the time of the boycott that, the action had become necessary because of the apparent disregard for Agric students across the country by the government.

He insisted that, despite the negative implications of their boycott, they were justified in their demands, as unlike the nurses and teachers, they weren’t guaranteed jobs and needed the allowances to survive.

“We think that either somebody is not being fair or something is wrong somewhere. That is why we believe that all the students have to come together, leave the premises of the school until the Ministry is done with the processes to get our allowances for us. We are not being treated fairly, and are not being regarded in the country, so there’s no need for us to be on campus. We took our books and our items, and vacated the premises of the school. As we speak, if you go to Damongo, Kwadaso or any college in Tamale, the schools are virtually empty and nobody’s there,” he told Citi News.

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By: Edwin Kwakofi & Michael Ogbodu /citifmonline.com/Ghana

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According to Nutsu, all the splinter groups must be disbanded and re-organised under one umbrella to ensure effective organisation.

Testifying before the Justice Senyo Dzamefe Commission on Monday, Nutsu said organising the supporters under one umbrella will help in developing appropriate budget for their organisation.

This he said will help in strategizing fund raising strategies to help in organising them for international competitions.

He however disagreed with assertions that, supporters should not be organised for competitions adding, they are very important to the progress of the team.

He said there must be efforts to distinguish between holiday makers and supporters since, most of the challenges encountered in Brasil were from holiday makers who found their way into the camp due to protocol arrangements.

Nutsu, however denied allegations that he received per diem worth $25,000 during his stay at Brazil, saying “if I had received such an amount of money, my life style will change”.

“My Lord, I did not receive anything for the work I did in Brazil. It was a sacrificial job for mother Ghana. I had free accommodation, food and travelled to Brazil for free.

“That was enough for me since it has boosted my credentials because I went there to work for mother Ghana.

“My Lord $25, 000 will do a lot of things in my life. If I had that money I will not be like this.” Nutsu told the commission.

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Source: GNA

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