The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has given government a two-week ultimatum to provide the Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) with funds so that student loans would be released on time.
President of the Union, Isaac Jay Hyde, at a Press Conference in Accra, said if government fails to act by releasing the funds for disbursement, they would resort to demonstrations to compel government to act.
Mr. Hyde noted that students who relied on the loans had been left in limbo and they are also in a state of “hopelessness” as to how they would survive in the academic year without the disbursement.
On the New Voter Register, Mr. Hyde said the Union was shocked at the seemingly unending rancorous debate that has inundated the country’s media following the announcement of a New Biometric Voter Management Solution and the Voter’s Registration Compilation Exercise by the Electoral Commission.
According to him, the debate over the register had led to the “total poisoning” of the political atmosphere in the country. The Union is therefore calling on all political parties and stakeholders to continue to use the Inter Party Advisory Committee Meetings to engage the EC on their concerns.
It says the EC must do well to engage all opposing parties and stakeholders in a manner that will show respect and appreciation of their view in a democratic space.
It noted that the EC must also be transparent in its dealings with all parties and stakeholders, adding that the EC must work assiduously to allay fears in order to command strong confidence and trust in the electoral process.
