{"id":1230,"date":"2022-01-27T18:57:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T18:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parliamentnews360.com\/?p=1230"},"modified":"2022-01-27T18:57:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T18:57:19","slug":"mps-cry-foul-over-lack-of-accommodation-on-campuses-of-public-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parliamentnews360.com\/index.php\/mps-cry-foul-over-lack-of-accommodation-on-campuses-of-public-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"MPs Cry Foul Over Lack of Accommodation on Campuses of Public Universities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MPs in Ghana\u2019s Parliament have raised concerns over the extreme difficulties parents and guardians have to go through in search for accommodation for their children at the various campuses of the country\u2019s public universities.<\/strong>
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Contributing to a statement made on the Floor of Parliament on Thursday, January 27, 2022 by the MP for New Edubiase, Hon. Abdul-Salam Adams on the challenges of finding accommodation for students on campus, the MPs let out their frustration at the situation which is gradually getting worse.
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MP for New Edubiase, Hon. Abdul-Salam Adams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

They narrated personal experiences of frustrations in their quest to secure residential accommodation on campus as parents and representatives of their constituents who have had admission to these public universities dotted around the country.
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According to the maker of the statement, some challenges including the cost of accommodation for hostels on campus which range between GHC 2500 to GHC 12,000 per academic year makes it too difficult for students from poor families to secure accommodation.
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He narrated to the House about how his efforts to secure accommodation on the University of Ghana Campus for the son of one of his constituents proved futile and it took him forever in long winding cues to even access private hostels on campus.
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He urged the government to put in measures to increase the facilities of accommodation on campus and also ensure equal access to all students with admission.
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\u201cMr. Speaker, as enrolment increases in our public institutions, the only logical thing for the Government to do is to provide adequate facilities to accommodate the growing student population. Mr. Speaker, the Government must also enhance the Build-Operate and Transfer concept as it pertains in some public universities.
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\u201cThis will serve as an incentive to encourage the private sector in helping to solve the accommodation crisis. Mr. Speaker, when accommodation facilities are expanded the Government through university councils, must put measures to curtail the rise in illegal selling of beds in our public universities.\u201d
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The Ranking Member on Parliament\u2019s Committee on Education, Peter Kwasi Nortsu-Kotoe, said on his part that, the country has not been progressive enough over the years to ensure that the existing accommodation is expanded at least every year. But have rather left it in the hands of private people who charge exorbitant fees.
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He also bemoaned the fact that there were a number of abandoned residential accommodation facilities in the various universities which could have alleviated the plight of these students if it had been completed.
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He said, \u201cIf Government through the GETFund should release money regularly to the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission, I am sure these facilities would have been completed and made available to students, especially the first-year students.\u201d
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The Member of Parliament for Builsa South, Dr. Clement Apaak, who is a former lecturer at the University of Ghana also narrated how difficult it was for him to secure accommodation for his own children.
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He blamed the situation on poor planning and inadequate funding of tertiary education, which did not make enough provision for capital expenditure. As a result, the expansion of academic and residential facilities is not keeping pace with the enrolment of students. Meanwhile, the second cohorts of the free SHS products are entering the universities thereby swelling the numbers who require accommodation.
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However, in a response the Minister for Education and Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum observed that, the situation confronting many of the universities is either limited supply of facilities or management problem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was of the view that the online application system should make it easy for the authorities to ensure adequate arrangements are made for students to get accommodation ahead of time.
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The Minister therefore promised to \u201cwork with the universities to look at the best way forward in terms of ensuring that we have a proper management system in place so that students have to go to campus on the first day of school opening to look for spaces manually.\u201d
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