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High Court prevents UG’s management from implementing new residential policy.

An Accra High Court has directed the University of Ghana’s administration not to revoke the residential status of continuing students in both Commonwealth and Mensah Sarbah halls.

The court delivered this judgement after some disgruntled students filed an interlocutory injunction on January 6, 2023.

Due to a violent incident between the two sides on August 15, 2022, the university’s administration issued an order intended to expel all ongoing male students from the halls.

According to UG administration, the instruction was implemented as a disciplinary measure after disputes between students from the two halls culminated in the demolition of John Mensah Sarbah’s statue, which was located in the Mensah Sarbah hall.

According to an announcement made to university members, “Level 100 and graduate students (Masters and PhD level) will be assigned to Mensah Sarbah and Commonwealth Halls beginning with the 2022/2023 academic year.”
“All continuing students of Commonwealth hall and continuing male students of Mensah Sarbah hall will not return to these halls, or to any of the traditional halls. They will be assigned at random to available rooms in any UGEL or private hostel,” the instruction continued.

However, according to the court’s January 6 decision, the current living arrangement of students must be kept as it was prior to UG’s direction on October 26, 2022.

Responding to employees’ worries, Mr Awuah reminded them of the many interventions the government had to make to ensure employment and incomes, map a road out of the devastation of COVID-19, and why workers needed to be cautious in their requests so that the national budget was not overburdened. Mr. Awuah stated that despite onerous working conditions in the midst of global complications, public servants had proven to be up to the task and warranted salary and Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) increases to alleviate their plight.

He informed Ghanaians that the government is working hard to address the current economic difficulties as well as those related to improving the quality of life for all Ghanaians.

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