University of Ghana students embark on street protest against cost of education

Some students of the University of Ghana (UG) on Friday converged at Obra Spot at Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra to protest some decisions taken by the management of the university.

The “Ye abre mo Demo” (We are tired of you) protest was led by a group from the University of Ghana's that termed themselves as "Concerned Students Association."

They said they are against the decision of the university to allow only level 100 students into Commonwealth and Sarbah Halls and relocate continuing students to other hostels.

The new directive to reassign the continuing students to other halls comes on the back of numerous clashes between students of Commonwealth and Mensah Sarbah on campus.

The students also lamented the high cost of university education.

They accused the university management of increasing fees by more than the 15% contrary to what was approved by Parliament.