{"id":56230,"date":"2018-11-14T08:45:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T08:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/gh\/?p=56230"},"modified":"2018-11-13T17:29:12","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T17:29:12","slug":"otumfuo-inaugurates-new-knust-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/otumfuo-inaugurates-new-knust-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Otumfuo Inaugurates New KNUST Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Otumfuo Osei Tutu II inaugurates the school\u2019s new Governing Council.<\/p>\n<p>Six new members join the remaining nine. Moreover, they include representatives from the unions.<\/p>\n<p>The same representatives from the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Prof E.K. Fokuo; the Tertiary Education Workers Union (TEWU), Mr Charles Arthur. Also, the Students Representative Council (SRC), Kevin Sah, are on the new council.<\/p>\n<p>The Governing Council is made up of 15 members. Four of the members are government representatives. Also, a\u00a0representative from the government chairs the council.<\/p>\n<p>At the inauguration ceremony, the Asantehene expressed sadness about the recent riots that occasioned the dissolution of the council and necessitated its reconstitution, saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIt is a pain I do not bear likely.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II further address the new members. He disclosed that he will set up a five-member committee to launch a \u201cfull and transparent inquiry\u201d into the incidents that resulted in the destruction of property estimated at GHS1.7 million.<\/p>\n<p>The University shut down following the riots on Monday, 22 October by the students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Otumfuo Osei Tutu II inaugurates the school\u2019s new Governing Council. Six new members join the remaining nine. Moreover, they include representatives from the unions. The same representatives from the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Prof E.K. 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