Chaos at Legon as authorities prevent motorists from entering the University

Parents unhappy at the latest development at Legon

Scores of angry parents whose children attend the University of Ghana Basic School, have accused the Vice-Chancellor of the university of acts of lawlessness after they were prevented from entering the school.
The parents say they were asked to leave their children at the gate to be conveyed by a bus to the school because, they do not have stickers recently introduced by the university which allow motorists access to use the University's roads.
Mtorists using the university's roads including parents who have children in the basic school located on the campus of the University of Ghana have been asked to purchase a sticker for Gh¢400 to have continuous access to the University for a period of one year. The new directive followed a government order for the institution to stop collecting tolls from drivers who use the university's roads.
The University had said the tolls were instituted to raise money to pay for a loan it contracted from a bank to build the roads. But pressure from the public, including a legal challenge brought against the university by two its students, forced government to order the suspension of the the policy.
In place of the tolls, the university introduced a sticker system requiring all persons driving through the school to own a sticker.
Joy News' Beatrice Adu reports Monday, all roads leading to and from the University have been barricaded. Only vehicles with a UG-sticker were allowed in and out of the school, she reported. There is no vehicular movements on the Achimota stretch of that road, Beatrice Adu added.
Some of the parents, most whom are workers, say they drop off their children and go to work every day and make arrangements for them to be picked when they close from school. But with the current development, they would have to buy another sticker which means they would have to pay Gh¢800 for two stickers for only a year.
Winding queues
The furious parents have parked their vehicles at the gate of the University, demanding an assurance from the authorities that their children will be safe after school, Beatrice reported.
"Our children were dropped here; they [University of Ghana] brought a bus to pick them but how can the children get home when they close? How can I be assured of the safety of my children?", a livid parent asked.
"Why is the Vice Chancellor stressing everybody in this country...is he above the law" a parent questioned while demanding government to take immediate action to get the University to withdraw its latest decision.

Source: Ghana | Myjoyonline.com