Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, (KNUST), Student Representative Council in collaboration with the SRC Parliamentary Council and all student leaders are embarking on a demonstration today, Monday, October 22, 2018.
A statement signed by the Executive Council says there will be no lectures. This follows the arrest of 10 students, and one alumnus last Friday, while holding a vigil on campus, a development which angered parents and guardians who accused the authorities of intimidation.
The incident happened barely a week after management of the University had served notice that it had suspended the organization of vigils, also known as ‘morales’ in the school as a result of “several negative issues encountered recently with respect to ‘morales’ in the halls.