Protesting against what they consider inadequate and subpar meals supplied by the administration, students from Jasikan College of Education in the Oti region have taken a stand.
The students have shown discontentment regarding the food quality, expressing various concerns that encompass issues from unhealthy options to insufficient side dishes.
As per the students who feel aggrieved, the institution has been providing them with plain porridge lacking sugar, milk, and bread for several months. They claim that this problem has persisted from the start of the academic year, leading to growing frustration among the student population.
Freeman Zokha, the President of the Student’s Representative Council (SRC), spoke to Accra-based Citi FM about their plight.
He revealed that the college administration had deducted GHC51 from the students’ monthly allowances to supplement the allocated feeding grants.
“Students are not happy with their breakfast; nothing is being added. We have been given white porridge without sugar, bread, or groundnut since the beginning of the year. The porridge is sometimes fermented. We protested on Tuesday morning against the poor foods we are being fed with. We are told feeding grants have not been paid, but we know it has been paid.
“The school management said they don’t take information from students when we made complaints to them. The protest was not only about the food, lights at the ladies’ dormitories had been disconnected. We are going through a lot,” citinewsroom.com quoted him to have said during the interview.
The students recently protested against the perceived neglect of their nutritional needs. The protest led to clashes between the students and law enforcement officers who were called in to manage the situation.