The Students’ Representative Council (SRC) and the Graduate Students’ Association of Ghana (GRASAG) at Tamale Technical University (TaTU) have called on management to issue clear timelines for the reopening of the university’s satellite campuses in Walewale in the North East Region, as well as in Yendi and Wulensi in the Northern Region.
The SRC Secretary-General, Fuseini Alhassan Nantogmah, in an interview, said the satellite campuses have been closed since February 2025. He alleged that the closure was due to the nonpayment of lecturers teaching at those campuses.
“We want management to provide urgent timelines for the reopening of the satellite campuses because students have paid their fees. They [students] applied, you gave them admission, they paid their fees, and then you abandoned lectures and everything since February,” he lamented.
Mr. Nantogmah indicated that some of the students were about to graduate before the unfortunate closure, but everything has now been put on hold.
“It’s either you refund their money to them [because they have paid the fees]; they have made commitments, and it is mandatory for the authorities to fulfill their side of the bargain. Management must communicate to the affected students because it was a contractual agreement between the university and the students.”
“Yes, they have not paid the lecturers teaching there. You know it is part-time work they are doing, and it is distance programs they are running. So, when you work for someone and you don’t get paid for two months, three months, or close to a year, will you continue teaching? We complained about this since February. Wulensi and Walewale brought their petitions to us – they came and met us because we’re the mother university, so the student leaders there came and pleaded that we intervene,” he added.
Following last week’s protest, management, in a memo sighted by this portal, announced the suspension of tuition fee increments for continuing students for the 2025/2026 academic year.
In addition, the university authorities have also promised to immediately improve water supply to student hostels by procuring and installing 25,000-litre polytanks at strategic points, as well as providing 50 new computers and increased bandwidth to support teaching, learning, and research by October 31, 2025.
They have also vowed to commit resources to priority infrastructure projects on campus and at the satellite campuses in the coming period.
However, the student representatives, while welcoming these interventions, expressed profound dissatisfaction that the resolution fails to provide concrete timelines for other fundamental concerns central to student welfare and academic justice.
They mentioned that some of the critical issues omitted from management’s statement include the alarming sanitation and environmental crisis on campus, the immediate and unconditional release of all withheld student certificates, a clear and verifiable action plan with strict timelines for the reopening of the closed satellite campuses in Walewale, Yendi, and Wulensi, and concrete action regarding the police brutality that occurred during the peaceful protest.
