{"id":1271119,"date":"2022-12-29T06:41:39","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T06:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/29\/nugs-slams-public-universities-charging-over-15-approved-fees\/"},"modified":"2022-12-29T06:41:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T06:41:39","slug":"nugs-slams-public-universities-charging-over-15-approved-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/29\/nugs-slams-public-universities-charging-over-15-approved-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"NUGS slams public universities charging over 15% approved fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"350\"  alt=\"\" title=\"NUGS\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1672296099_402_NUGS.png\" data- class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"350\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1672296099_402_NUGS.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"NUGS\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has slagged off some public tertiary institutions for charging \u201cunapproved\u201d fees for the 2022\/2023 academic year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the mother students\u2019 body, the institutions have already started implementing new fees above the 15% threshold approved by Parliament under the Fees and Charges (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2022 (Act 1080).<\/p>\n<p>The Union named the University of Ghana (UG), the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), the University of Cape Coast (UCC), the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) and others, at a news conference, for \u201cleading the charge of illegalities\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe student front is unhappy about the levels of fees in this country and that is very straightforward. We are still here with a number of public institutions glaringly disregarding the parliament of Ghana,\u201d NUGS President Dennis Appiah Larbi-Ampofo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, laying the bed of illegality is not a precedent that must be set by leaders of institutions, especially in the face of growing unrest and agitations at the various levels of the student front,\u201d Master Larbi-Ampofo added.<\/p>\n<p>The Union called for an immediate halt to \u201cunapproved\u201d charges by the institutions, saying any \u201cblatant\u201d disregard to the approved 15% threshold would be fiercely resisted.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, it wants the institutions to give students the chance to pay 50% of fees and be allowed to undertake their academic and residential registrations \u201cwith the outstanding balance paid over the period of the academic year\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important that institutions and structures provided by the state ensure compliance by schools. It is also important that the monitoring and enforcement duties of state is exercised by the authorities mandated to do so, it is only by this can we ensure the welfare and protection of the vulnerable in society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, NUGS has called on all tertiary students not to pay any fees increased above the threshold of 15%.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can all do the maths. Stick with 15% maximum [because] you break no law by not following an illegality,\u201d Master Larbi-Ampofo charged.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Christian Yalley|3news.com|Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has slagged off some public tertiary institutions for charging \u201cunapproved\u201d fees for the 2022\/2023 academic year. According to the mother students\u2019 body, the institutions have already started implementing new fees above the 15% threshold approved by Parliament under the Fees and Charges (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2022 (Act 1080). 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