The students had deserted their classrooms earlier in October, in protest of the failure by government to restore their allowances. Prior to that, they had besieged the premises of the Agric Ministry in Accra over their grievances. The Ministry of Agriculture had earlier announced that, it had tabled the request from the students for the restoration of the allowances before Cabinet. It appears their move has been successful, after they received assurances from the Agric Ministry that talks had been held with the Ministry of Finance on the restoration of the allowances. “We the five agricultural colleges have been engaging the Ministry of Agric to come clear to address the issues because academics is very important to the students.

Source: GhanaWeb November 06, 2017 14:26 UTC