Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, (KNUST), has closed down the institution indefinitely starting Monday, October 22, 2018.
All students, with the exception of foreign students have up to midday Tuesday October 23, 2018 to prepare and leave the campus.
The decision was taken at an emergency meeting following riot by the students.
The University’s Relations Officer, Kwame Yeboah, who confirmed this to GBC’s Ashanti Regional Correspondent, Nicholas Osei-Wusu, confirmed also that a curfew has a dusk to dawn curfew has also been imposed on the campus.
Meanwhile, there remains heavy presence of police and military personnel to ensure sustenance of peace, security and safety on the campus.
There is a relative calm at the University now as the staff and management begin to count their losses after the rampaging students damaged anything they came across during the heat of the skirmishes.
Some of the staff at the administration say they would need some time to fully recover from the trauma they suffered from the attacks while the management would need to mobilize extra resources and time to rebuild the badly damaged property.
What was supposed to be a peaceful protest procession by students of the University, Monday, turned out to be very violent.
At least 16 private vehicles belonging to some staff at the University’s administration were severely damaged by the rampaging students.
