{"id":165347,"date":"2015-11-08T17:26:03","date_gmt":"2015-11-08T17:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=165347"},"modified":"2015-11-08T17:27:19","modified_gmt":"2015-11-08T17:27:19","slug":"pollcross-section-of-ghanaians-kick-against-students-paying-utility-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/11\/pollcross-section-of-ghanaians-kick-against-students-paying-utility-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll:Cross section of Ghanaians kick against students paying utility bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An online poll\u00a0conducted by <strong>Citi FM<\/strong> shows that about 72 percent of a cross section of Ghanaians are against the directive ordering tertiary students to pay their utility bills.<\/p>\n<p>The poll,which was conducted on a social media platform , Twitter, had 218 t<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">otal votes with only 28 percent of the total votes supporting the directive and 72 percent opposing it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor earlier announced that students in tertiary institution will be paying for their utility <strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/04\/27\/well-resist-attempts-to-push-utility-bills-on-students-t-poly-src\/\" target=\"_blank\">bills effective next year<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>but student leaders across the country say they will resist moves to enforce the directive.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the stiff opposition from the students, the Deputy Minister in charge of Tertiary Education Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa supports the Power Minister&#8217;s call.He however says government is yet to take a firm decision on the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a snap shot of the online poll conducted by <strong>Citi FM.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/UTILITY-BILLS.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-165353\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/UTILITY-BILLS.png\" alt=\"UTILITY BILLS\" width=\"574\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/UTILITY-BILLS.png 574w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/UTILITY-BILLS-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EfeAnsah\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @EfeAnsah<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An online poll\u00a0conducted by Citi FM shows that about 72 percent of a cross section of Ghanaians are against the directive ordering tertiary students to pay their utility bills. 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