There has been widespread uproar on social media with the leakage of a proposed budget by the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
With the emergence of COVID-19 and the subsequent ban on public gatherings and activities, the SRC budget is nearly shy of GHC100,000.
The outrageous budget has caused a lot of consternation on social media with many accusing the SRC of being the breeding grounds of budget inflation and corruption which is pervasive in our mainstream governance.
With barely no student activities such as SRC week and other the budget stands at GHC 996,250 just a little shy of a billion old Ghana cedis.
The supposed budget is fraught with outlandish items such as SRC website which has GHC10,000 as the cost while off campus security also has GHC 54,000 allotted to it among other outrageous items on the budget.
Angry Ghanaians have poured venom on the KNUST SRC for inflating the budget in order to enrich themselves.
The corruption begins from student politics. Imagine these KNUST SCR executives become leaders of this country in future.????
— Mr Prεssdεnt???????? (@Opresii) March 27, 2021
We have to make sure these KNUST SRC executives won’t enter GHANA parliament coz ei ????????????????
— Jason ⚡️ (@Jason_gh1) March 27, 2021
KNUST SRC to KNUST students.pic.twitter.com/lagIqfnV8z
— Sharyf???? (@Sharyfff) March 27, 2021
KNUST SRC Mood right now pic.twitter.com/3WBPCUY49H
— Mr Prεssdεnt???????? (@Opresii) March 27, 2021
Administrative Cost budget - Ghs 100,000
— Kojo Kommɛnt ???????????? (@benbenaqua) March 27, 2021
What the KNUST SRC actually does with it
pic.twitter.com/d251jI9H8R
KNUST SRC President Sharing the 9.9 Billion amongst his colleagues..pic.twitter.com/BwVtyISUnA
— Mr Prεssdεnt???????? (@Opresii) March 27, 2021
Eiii is this true? Herh knust src budget be 9.9 billion old cedis pic.twitter.com/hB3xTd8yrJ
— Dr Ayigbe Borla Bird (@Mr_Ceyram) March 27, 2021
KNUST SRC Budget for the first semester was initially 1,117,050 cedis and later slashed down to 996,250 cedis
— Gyata_Shoa???????????? (@thatEsselguy) March 27, 2021
Na Ghana koraaa budget y3 s3n??????????????????????????????????????????this country ankasa
