Students of the Casely-Hayford Hall (Caseford) of the University of Cape Coast on Monday denied a newspaper report that some of them were naked and demonstrated how to use the condom during a march to draw the public's attention to the HIV menace.
A statement signed by Mr Julius Amoshie Baba, Hall President, said the report headlined "Cape Vars Students Pull Their Rod" published by the Ghanaian Chronicle, an Accra daily, was to throw dust into the eyes of the public. "The entire hall wishes to let the reading public know that the allegation levelled against Casford hall has no basis."
The statement explained that the theme for the Hall Week activities at which the students were alleged to have exposed their manhood in a float was "Brain Drain and its Implications", saying this had no bearing on HIV/AIDS as stated by the paper.
"We therefore, had no materials on how to prevent HIV." The statement said investigations by the University authorities were on indecent dressing, adding as far as the hall executives were concerned no students demonstrated such behaviour as alleged by the Chronicle. "We did not write for permission to demonstrate but rather to go on float as recorded by the Chronicle," the statement added.
