KNUST gets police post
A modern police post to promote security for students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been inaugurated at Ayeduase near the university in Kumasi.
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The GH¢19,000 police post was financed by the university as parts of its social responsibility to partner with the security agencies, especially the Ghana Police Service, to promote security at the university and its surrounding communities.
Speaking at the inauguration, Prof. W. O. Ellis, Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), said the university was concerned about security issues among the students of the university to enhance effective teaching and learning .
He said to ensure effective security and policing, the university was also financing two more police posts at Kotei and Bomso to beef up security in the communities.
Prof Ellis hinted that to ensure effective patrol and policing, the university would also provide two motorcycles for the police to facilitate their service to the community.
The Ashanti Regional Commander of the Ghana Police Service, DCOP Mr Augustine Gyening, said there was the need for support and cooperation from the people in the community to flash out criminals.
He called on hostel operators in the community not to ignore security measures to ensure the safety of the students, and asked them to provide CCT cameras at the various porters lodges to ensure effective security at the hostels.
The Manhyia Divisional Commander of the Ghana Police Service, Chief Superintendent Debora Adison Campbell, lauded the efforts of the university to promote security and free movement of the students in the community.
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She appealed to the chiefs at Ayeduase to provide piece of land for a permanent structure for effective policing with in the community.
Nana Opoku Agyeman Bawuah, II chief of Ayeduase, who chaired the inauguration ceremony, expressed their commitment and support to promote security in the area.