The National Council for Tertiary Education has asked the Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso, to step aside and allow the newly-constituted Interim Council to take over the affairs of the school.

The directive was conveyed to him on Monday, 29 October 2018.

The government has replaced the dissolved council with a seven-member Interim Council to look into the recent disturbances on campus, which resulted in the destruction of over 40 cars and 10 motorbikes.

The Interim Council is chaired by Nana Effah Apenteng, Paramount Chief of the Bompata Traditional Area.

The committee was formed after briefs and recommendations made by the Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, after he led a high-powered delegation, including the Minister of National Security, Albert Kan-Dapaah; and the Minister-Designate for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, to Kumasi.