UG grants parents temporary access

Parents whose wards attend the University Primary School (UPS) on the University of Ghana campus have temporarily been given access to drop their children without buying the GHC 400 UG sticker.

This was after a meeting between the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) and the University Authorities on Monday.

This comes a day after security personnel at the University prevented vehicles without a UG sticker from entering the campus through the unapproved access routes announced by the school authorities.

The university authorities about two weeks ago announced it is closing all access routes into the campus to the public with the exception of the entrance at the Okponglo intersection.

The implementation of the directive which began last Saturday turned chaotic on Monday when angry parents blocked some of the access routes to the University with their vehicles after being denied entry.

In an interview with Citi News however, the Vice Chairman of the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) at the UPS, Reverend Acheampong Yiadom Boakye said a temporal solution has been reached.

He explained that “as at yesterday, we had an interim agreement that the university allow us to go through whiles we look out for permanent solution…and there was an agreement that they will allow us to do this until we pick the matter up with the VC [Vice Chancellor].”

He mentioned that vehicles with school children were allowed to go through the gates so “they will try to identify parents; they will ask them whether they are parents and if they are able to indicate that they are parents, they will allow them access to go and pick their kids.”

Rev Yiadom Boakye was however quick to add that parents can only afford to pay GHC 100 per year for the UG sticker instead of the GHC 400 being demanded.

According to him, parents are ready to pay and make compromises because “we know for a fact that government subvention does not come as it is supposed to come so we should be able to applaud the University for such a proactive intervention…but we want them also to listen to our plea.”

By: Efua Idan Osam/citifmonline.com/Ghana