Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II condemns ocultism at KNUST

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has expressed worry about the way occult practice was creeping into students’ life at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).

“I’m aware of what is going on here,” he said, and consequently challenged the university management to devise strategies of fighting the canker.
The Asantehene, who is also the Chancellor of the KNUST stated this at the inauguration of the first phase of a hostel project, named after him.

Completed at the cost of GHC3 million, the 700-bed facility was expected to help solve accommodation problems facing students.

Started in 1999, the project was the brainchild of the then Vice Chancellor, Prof. J.S.K. Ayim and the then Students Representative Council (SRC) President, Mr Andy Osei-Okrah, with support from Mr. Ben Odame, the architect/consultant, and Nana Dwomoh Sarpong, the President of Friends of Rivers and Water Bodies, an NGO.

Students were levied while other contributions came from some individuals and organisations to finance the project.

The Asantehene advised the students to avoid acts that could ruin their future, and rather concentrate on their studies to enable them become meaningful citizens in future. He further told the students to do away with unnecessary politicking on campus.

Emphasising the accommodation challenges of the university in spite of the efforts by government, the university management and other organisations to address them, Otumfuo gave the assurance that efforts would be made to minimise the situation.
He commended all persons who played various roles in the completion of the project.

Responding to the concerns of the Asantehene, the Vice Chancellor of KNUST, Prof. W.O. Ellis, said his administration would not spare any student who fell foul of the university’s rules and regulations.

“If you have to be sacked or rusticated for any offence, it will be carried out without hesitation,” he warned.
Prof. Ellis noted that with the current student population of 32,198 and staff strength of 3,000 the facilities at the KNUST were overstretched. He said the successful story of the project was a testimony of the inherent benefits of teamwork.

Source Daily Guide Ghana

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