{"id":318154,"date":"2017-05-11T13:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T13:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=318154"},"modified":"2017-05-11T13:00:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T13:00:13","slug":"reconsider-closure-of-school-of-survey-students-unions-to-amewu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/reconsider-closure-of-school-of-survey-students-unions-to-amewu\/","title":{"rendered":"Reconsider closure of School of Survey \u2013 Students’ Unions to Amewu"},"content":{"rendered":"
Three Students Unions; the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS), the University Students Association of Ghana (USAG), and the Ghana Union of Professional Students (GUPS), have in three separate open letters to the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, appealed to\u00a0him to reconsider his decision to close down the Ghana School of Survey and Mapping<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (GSSM).<\/p>\n Last week, the students of the only surviving survey and mapping school, met the press and registered their displeasure about a portion of their school land that has been given to a private developer allegedly to be used to build a shopping mall. The students, after their encounter with the press, staged a demonstration which resulted in some vandalism.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”PK8DLzIl8C2KNTwmgeCbVJ9ch5kXdb8V”]The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. Peter Amewu, following the incident, stormed the premises of the school with some security personnel on Wednesday, announcing a temporary closure of the school.<\/p>\n According to the students\u2019 unions, the action was not in the best interest of the students.<\/p>\n