'Go to East Legon and control prices there' – KNUST hostel owners' president tells government

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Shithole 3 days ago

I guess you are right...why targeting hostel alone

I guess you are right...why targeting hostel alone
DUC 3 days ago

@Shithold. As your name is so will you truly bea shithold. If the RCB is targeting hostels it is because that's where the evil is more. I know you might be a benficiary hence you're not happy. The country must regulate privat ...
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@Shithold. As your name is so will you truly bea shithold. If the RCB is targeting hostels it is because that's where the evil is more. I know you might be a benficiary hence you're not happy. The country must regulate private hostels activities to enaure that they don't take undue advantage to exploit the already burden parents. Why should a private hostels be charging 10k per student. What went into that fee? Greed, the quest to make profit as qickly as possible. Is a shame
Nee 3 days ago

No one put guns into your head to rent from them. Ask the govt to provide you accommodation. Better still, let your parents rent a hotel for you if you feels such entitlement. You can stay home and drive to school everyday as ...
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No one put guns into your head to rent from them. Ask the govt to provide you accommodation. Better still, let your parents rent a hotel for you if you feels such entitlement. You can stay home and drive to school everyday as well. Since you have never built a house before, you can afford to just make noise from ignorance.
TRUTH 3 days ago

I'm sure that is coming soon and then you will hear the same hostel owners calling for a government support.

We shall remember this day!

Most of these people were getting allowance when they were in university in the 70 ...
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I'm sure that is coming soon and then you will hear the same hostel owners calling for a government support.

We shall remember this day!

Most of these people were getting allowance when they were in university in the 70s,80s and 90s. If the idea of giving them support was to help them grow to support others, then they have failed.

I'm sad to say, even the Chinese hostels look decent and probably charge reasonable them our local mafias.
LBC 1 day ago

It will happen! Others reason as if they come from a different planet. I wonder where some had their education. It will surprise you to know that those talking shit were once products of government school but they forgot thei ...
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It will happen! Others reason as if they come from a different planet. I wonder where some had their education. It will surprise you to know that those talking shit were once products of government school but they forgot their past
JOHN 3 days ago

This is total silly talk.if ever body said they will increse the prices of goods and services in the country where will the country be.

This is total silly talk.if ever body said they will increse the prices of goods and services in the country where will the country be.
COOKIES 2 days ago

What a stupid question from an uninformed mind yours is!

What a stupid question from an uninformed mind yours is!
TRUTH 2 days ago

@Cookies.. you are acting like cookies indeed.

John's rhetorical question is very varied and makes sense.

@Cookies.. you are acting like cookies indeed.

John's rhetorical question is very varied and makes sense.
TRUTH 2 days ago

valid.

valid.
SOWIE 2 days ago

When in your esteemed opinion has that prepostetous thing ever happened since the beginning of time? Think before you comment if that's possible in that efuom head of yours!

When in your esteemed opinion has that prepostetous thing ever happened since the beginning of time? Think before you comment if that's possible in that efuom head of yours!

TRUTH 2 days ago

Where you there in the beginning of time?

Where you there in the beginning of time?
TRUTH 2 days ago

Were you there in the beginning of time. Preposterous indeed.

Were you there in the beginning of time. Preposterous indeed.
Yaaaa 2 days ago

Nkwaseas3. Go and cotrol prices of stones, sand, iron rods, wc,hand wash basins, wood, tiles, masons, capenters, laborers ,kkimming, tile chemicals, cables.

Nkwaseas3. Go and cotrol prices of stones, sand, iron rods, wc,hand wash basins, wood, tiles, masons, capenters, laborers ,kkimming, tile chemicals, cables.
Joseph 2 days ago

Nee, you are very stupid. Lorry fairs, fuel ect are regulated. We can't just do what pleases us

Nee, you are very stupid. Lorry fairs, fuel ect are regulated. We can't just do what pleases us
Apuuuuuu!!!! 2 days ago

You have built a house so you have the right to charge students anyhow?

You have built a house so you have the right to charge students anyhow?
LBC 1 day ago

Did you just land from Jupiter?

Did you just land from Jupiter?
TRUTH 3 days ago

How do you start from East Legon when this man speaking and his kind use the money from the hostels to build in the rich areas like Legon.

His accounts of structural adjustment is nonsense. Ghanaians were hauding long befo ...
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How do you start from East Legon when this man speaking and his kind use the money from the hostels to build in the rich areas like Legon.

His accounts of structural adjustment is nonsense. Ghanaians were hauding long before the 1980s.

If anything at all, prices were controlled until we opened up our market to free world enterprise again.

This is a new problem in a new era and needs control.

At some point greed has to be controlled.

Even the mighty land of capitalism, USA now has a huge tariff bill on Ghanaians products, why?

I don't blame him though, when we keep voting for politicians who use every opportunity to steal from the state and give the rest to foreigners.

We will continue to suffer until we change our mindset and politics as Ghanaians.
NzemaK- Use Sec'ty Recruits to build affordable houses 3 days ago

Okwasia, Think Again . Yes Hostels bcos it affects the vulnerable. Every child can pass Shs exam to go to university and so will need affordable accomodations.

Lining in east legin is a l"exury" choice the rich can make. ...
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Okwasia, Think Again . Yes Hostels bcos it affects the vulnerable. Every child can pass Shs exam to go to university and so will need affordable accomodations.

Lining in east legin is a l"exury" choice the rich can make. Think Okwssia
BERTHA BUTT BOOGIE 3 days ago

See mumu! Your brazen ignorance precedes you yet again! Ghana is a free economy so control prices are illegal unless there are across board. When the government has the balls to introduce CONTROL PRICES in makola, ghacem, gya ...
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See mumu! Your brazen ignorance precedes you yet again! Ghana is a free economy so control prices are illegal unless there are across board. When the government has the balls to introduce CONTROL PRICES in makola, ghacem, gyata cement, kantamanto, and everywhere in Ghana, we will accept this Rent Control nonsense![
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Kwame not Quame 2 days ago

Right about what? So the government should leave them to kill students with their cut throat price. It is really absurd what they are charging students. I blame our clueless leaders who are there to loot the nation

Right about what? So the government should leave them to kill students with their cut throat price. It is really absurd what they are charging students. I blame our clueless leaders who are there to loot the nation
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DUC 3 days ago

You're a disgrace to the Body of CHRIST. A so-called bishop talking this way. So, you're happy that you and your members are engaged in this of exploitation? How can you be charging such fees. Very insenstive and terribly gre ...
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You're a disgrace to the Body of CHRIST. A so-called bishop talking this way. So, you're happy that you and your members are engaged in this of exploitation? How can you be charging such fees. Very insenstive and terribly greedy. I think the Government through the Rent Control Board/Authority should enanct laws to regulate these private hostels. If any violates the law he shold be punished-closed down the facility and prosecute the offenders. We must let laws work in this country. The level of greed in this country is becoming insane. Even religious leaders who are suppose to speak against some of these ills have joined the trail and arw even bolt to defend their actions. Is a shame.
Salim 3 days ago

He is absolutely right, the rent control should start regulating the prices of cement, iron rods, sand, masons and electrical materials before controlling rents.

He is absolutely right, the rent control should start regulating the prices of cement, iron rods, sand, masons and electrical materials before controlling rents.
Salim 3 days ago

He is absolutely right, the rent control should start regulating the prices of cement, iron rods, sand, masons and electrical materials before controlling rents.

He is absolutely right, the rent control should start regulating the prices of cement, iron rods, sand, masons and electrical materials before controlling rents.
NzemaK- Use Sec'ty Recruits to build affordable houses 3 days ago

Thank you. The bishop is a foolish man to make that comparison. Private University hostel is a long term investment with ready market all the time. So why making it expensive to be rich overnight. Every student can pass Shs a ...
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Thank you. The bishop is a foolish man to make that comparison. Private University hostel is a long term investment with ready market all the time. So why making it expensive to be rich overnight. Every student can pass Shs and go to university and so will need some affordable accomodations. Livng in east legon is a "Luxury" choice
Nee 3 days ago

Nothing stops you from staying at hotel instead of hostel. Keep the church out of this.

Nothing stops you from staying at hotel instead of hostel. Keep the church out of this.
Onana 3 days ago

Stupid DUC
Self imposed Christian police.
Study to approve yourself as Paul told Timothy.
Sometimes just read nd pass quietly

Stupid DUC
Self imposed Christian police.
Study to approve yourself as Paul told Timothy.
Sometimes just read nd pass quietly
Kwaku 2 days ago

I read almost all the comments but will answer specifically to you because you said that the chairman is a disgrace to the body of Christ. I presume that you are an ignorant Christian. For starters, the minimum cost of land ( ...
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I read almost all the comments but will answer specifically to you because you said that the chairman is a disgrace to the body of Christ. I presume that you are an ignorant Christian. For starters, the minimum cost of land (90x100 feet)to put a 50- room hostel at Ayeduase is 1.5M cedis.

1.If you go to a bank to take a loan to build a good hostel of an excellent GTA standard, it costs 10M cedis
2. The minimum interest rate is 25% and it means that the hostel owner has to pay the bank an annual interest of 2.5M and no payment at all of the principal.
3. If you don’t want your hostel to wear down in a decade, the best way is to allow 2 students in an en-suite.
4. If you charge each student a fee of 10,000 cedis per year , it means that each room will generate 20,000 cedis per year and because there are 50 rooms, the owner will get a gross revenue of 1M or 1000,000 cedis.
5. The owner is supposed to pay an interest of 2.5M to the bank and the gross revenue is 1M.
6. So how is the owner going to pay for that difference of 1.5M. Mind you the cost of the land of 1.5M has not even been factored into the equation.

Students who cannot afford student hostels should go and rent single rooms in town just like any Ghanaian citizen. It’s cheaper and they should get up early in the morning and catch a trotro to lectures. That’s what happens in other parts of the world. Some also take educational loans and live in hostels of their choice in Europe and USA then pay them after they start working. Since many Ghanaian students may not have access to that type of funding, the single room in a compound house may be the best for them.

While not comparable to the average family in Ghana, l just paid last week $16,000 to a university in the USA for my ward who is going to study there for a year. My ward could have gone to town to look for a single room but since she doesn’t know the State and first time there, l had to cough that money.

The universities are looking for money to expand lecture rooms and labs by charging some fees because government is not giving them enough money let alone build hostels for students. And people want the same government that hasn’t got the money to do what should be done to go and control the prices set by the private sector. Even in Communist China, that absurdity doesn’t happen ‼️‼️‼️

LUNCH PAD 3 days ago

THESE DAYS, BECAUSE OF BAD MONEY .WE HAD BAD LEADERS. WHAT A BIG SAME

THESE DAYS, BECAUSE OF BAD MONEY .WE HAD BAD LEADERS. WHAT A BIG SAME
Tosh 3 days ago

You can utter such rubbish, because our institutions are so weak, our laws so disregarded.

You can utter such rubbish, because our institutions are so weak, our laws so disregarded.
Papa Nii 3 days ago

Rent Control ? No Problem. We parents will have some respite in supporting our wards in these hostels. The control must be extended to the number of MP's from 276 downwards as well as the obnoxious Ex Gratia

Rent Control ? No Problem. We parents will have some respite in supporting our wards in these hostels. The control must be extended to the number of MP's from 276 downwards as well as the obnoxious Ex Gratia
Ttt 3 days ago

Thank you Bishop. Dont sit down and allow that too known LAND COMMISSIONOR to treat you as fools. Indeed, he should go to EAST LAGON to make his too known there. That man is making too known too much. He should give hôt ...
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Thank you Bishop. Dont sit down and allow that too known LAND COMMISSIONOR to treat you as fools. Indeed, he should go to EAST LAGON to make his too known there. That man is making too known too much. He should give hôtel chargés to hôtel owners in this country. Nonsense
NzemaK- Use Sec'ty Recruits to build affordable houses 3 days ago

Did you say thank you to this foolish man calling itself man of God. See the comparison he is making..

Did you say thank you to this foolish man calling itself man of God. See the comparison he is making..
Ttt 2 days ago

I dont know if you have built à house or not so i will be mindful about my comment. You called the man foolish, May God have mercy on you. What prévent the government from building more hostel? This rent control man and ...
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I dont know if you have built à house or not so i will be mindful about my comment. You called the man foolish, May God have mercy on you. What prévent the government from building more hostel? This rent control man and May be you have used your money to buy T.bills, enjoying your tax free income and yet you want to come and make unnecessary insult to the BISHOP, fool like you calling the man of fool. Idiot
Joseph 2 days ago

Shut your dirty mouth

Shut your dirty mouth
Nee 3 days ago

As much as I agree that prices are very high, I strongly agree with the Bishop logic that govt cannot and should not regulate housing rent. If it is that easy , what stops the govt from building hostels for the students. Cost ...
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As much as I agree that prices are very high, I strongly agree with the Bishop logic that govt cannot and should not regulate housing rent. If it is that easy , what stops the govt from building hostels for the students. Cost of building is very high partly due to taxes on building materials. Something that govt can reduce but has failed to do so.
And for this temporary rent control officer, he should stop his rambling style of visiting hostels for the victims will be in much higher troubles if thw owners rmwithdraw their services. He should impress on govt to build more hostels. His threats cannot scare anyone.
OGyam 2 days ago

@ Nee Massa, it works in all these countries.

Countries with Rent Control and Stabilization Policies Germany: Uses a "rent brake" (Mietpreisbremse) to cap initial rents in tight housing markets and limits periodic increase ...
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@ Nee Massa, it works in all these countries.

Countries with Rent Control and Stabilization Policies Germany: Uses a "rent brake" (Mietpreisbremse) to cap initial rents in tight housing markets and limits periodic increases based on local comparative reference rents.France: Caps rent increases during ongoing tenancies using an inflation index and enforces strict rent-control ceilings in designated high-pressure zones like Paris.Ireland: Imposes designated Rent Pressure Zones where annual rent increases are legally capped (currently up to 2%).The Netherlands: Regulates a large portion of the private and social rental stock via a point-based system that caps initial rent prices and limits yearly hikes.Austria: Features complex tiered rental laws where older or subsidized apartments have strongly regulated maximum rent limits based on utility value (Richtwertmietzins).Sweden: Relies on collective bargaining models between landlord organizations and tenant unions to negotiate utility-value rents, resulting in strict caps on rent levels.Denmark: Regulates older housing stock through historical cost-based rent caps and restricts increases based on net price indices in specific areas.Switzerland: Ties allowable rent increases directly to changes in local mortgage reference interest rates and official cost-of-living indexes.
Yabi Yabi 3 days ago

Teachers and profs at decondary and tertiary institutions should seek help from parliament to carve oit an exemption for them on their SSNIT contributions. They, as a bargaining unit, should have the option of what percentag ...
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Teachers and profs at decondary and tertiary institutions should seek help from parliament to carve oit an exemption for them on their SSNIT contributions. They, as a bargaining unit, should have the option of what percentage a qualified participant contributes to SSNIT and the percentage to investment opportunities on campus. That is, each public university in Ghana that needs building/hostel or dormitory expansion, will be funded by contributions from qualified staff.

The current SSNIT structure favours abuse by SSNIT management whereby they live large while the return on investments are poor even as SSNIT management continues to live life of luxury, travel and perks.
Dzool 3 days ago

Before enforcing rent control the Mahama government should make Dzata cement to sell a bag of cement for 30 cedis. Ghanaians must rise up against the nonsense going in the country. Rawlings came with the gun to control price ...
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Before enforcing rent control the Mahama government should make Dzata cement to sell a bag of cement for 30 cedis. Ghanaians must rise up against the nonsense going in the country. Rawlings came with the gun to control prices the result was empty shelf. This PNDC/NDC is trying to take us back to the destructive Rawlings era.
ILLIASU Wak FOfoNa 3 days ago

Useless man, you are a thief.
U will spend all your profit at the Hospital fool

Useless man, you are a thief.
U will spend all your profit at the Hospital fool
HAPPY DAYS 3 days ago

The lands on which the hostels are sitting belongs to the Universities and by extention the state this means the operation of the hostels is a partnership between the hostel owners and the state,therefore the RCB which is an ...
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The lands on which the hostels are sitting belongs to the Universities and by extention the state this means the operation of the hostels is a partnership between the hostel owners and the state,therefore the RCB which is an agency of the state has every right by law to regulate the rents being charged by the hostel operators,the RCB must simply go ahead and regulate the rent charges without further ado,we live in a civilised society regulated by laws and regulations.
KBM 3 days ago

This rent control guy is talking too much these days just for popularity. All the rants he has been making these days cannot be effected

This rent control guy is talking too much these days just for popularity. All the rants he has been making these days cannot be effected
Ttt 2 days ago

He is Just à too known man. Leave him to rants

He is Just à too known man. Leave him to rants
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BERTHA BUTT BOOGIE 3 days ago

Ghana is a free economy so control prices are illegal unless there are across board. When the government has the balls to introduce CONTROL PRICES in makola, ghacem, gyata cement, kantamanto, Ktia market, and everywhere else ...
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Ghana is a free economy so control prices are illegal unless there are across board. When the government has the balls to introduce CONTROL PRICES in makola, ghacem, gyata cement, kantamanto, Ktia market, and everywhere else in Ghana, we will accept this Rent Control nonsense!
Pharao 2 days ago

Another mental illness

Another mental illness
BERTHA BUTT BOOGIE 2 days ago

Why are village idiots like this still allowed on social media in 2026? If you have nothing constructive to add to the debate, SHUT UP!

Why are village idiots like this still allowed on social media in 2026? If you have nothing constructive to add to the debate, SHUT UP!
My experience with youth using weed is dreadful! 3 days ago

Ask how to compete them and beat them rather than handicapping them. Free market is for those ready to think, grow and sustain.

Ask how to compete them and beat them rather than handicapping them. Free market is for those ready to think, grow and sustain.
Koti 3 days ago

Ghana, politicians create loopholes everywhere and later pretend they are helping the citizenry. Did they over the years expand accommodations on our campuses? Did they see that our population was growing? Most of these hoste ...
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Ghana, politicians create loopholes everywhere and later pretend they are helping the citizenry. Did they over the years expand accommodations on our campuses? Did they see that our population was growing? Most of these hostels belong to these same politicians. The solution is not controlling rent charges, the solution is to build more dormitories on various campuses.
As usual in Ghana, these same students after leaving the universities and becoming politicians, they entirely forget what they went through as students.
KWASI IN EUROPE 3 days ago

The Mahama government is a clueless government.

The Mahama government is a clueless government.
Nìi 3 days ago

Please l don't agree with you, we have to start somewhere

Please l don't agree with you, we have to start somewhere
Akajatayogogo 3 days ago

Who is this fool, he is benefiting from the hostel's, tell Rent control Board to start from East Legon.He is in Kumasi and talking of Accra. How can a Ghana develop with people like this!!!

Who is this fool, he is benefiting from the hostel's, tell Rent control Board to start from East Legon.He is in Kumasi and talking of Accra. How can a Ghana develop with people like this!!!
Cloud Ghana 3 days ago

Bishop Owusu-Bi has a point price controls create shortages, they don't create value. The better route is to attack the cost drivers inside the hostel itself.

Internet is one of them. Right now most students on this campu ...
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Bishop Owusu-Bi has a point price controls create shortages, they don't create value. The better route is to attack the cost drivers inside the hostel itself.

Internet is one of them. Right now most students on this campus are buying mobile data bundles individually, month after month, and that money leaves the hostel economy entirely. It is one of the quietest costs of education in Ghana today.

We are CloudGhana (The Cloud Network Limited), a licensed Ghanaian ISP based right here in Kumasi. We install fibre-grade wireless internet in hostels at ZERO installation cost to the hostel owner we bring the tower link, the access points, the cabling and the support. Students then buy affordable campus plans that cost a fraction of what they currently spend on mobile data bundles.

The hostel gets a facility upgrade it didn't pay for. The student studies, streams lectures and submits assignments for far less. That is how you bring down the cost of education not by decree, but by better infrastructure.

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Kennedy Agyepong 3 days ago

How many rooms has he been able build in his entire life? Cost of Building materials is unbearable. It's not about sand, blocks and cement. The cost of finishing the whole project is never ever easy. Government must come with ...
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How many rooms has he been able build in his entire life? Cost of Building materials is unbearable. It's not about sand, blocks and cement. The cost of finishing the whole project is never ever easy. Government must come with solutions and help us build more houses.
Truth 3 days ago

That's all propaganda...if these rent people mean business then indeed they have to start with even the prices of building by the likes of SHC, let's stop these things cos it won't last and it will be a zero sum game...preten ...
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That's all propaganda...if these rent people mean business then indeed they have to start with even the prices of building by the likes of SHC, let's stop these things cos it won't last and it will be a zero sum game...pretense nkoaa to what end? Forcing people paa...u know how much damage people destroy rental places by the time they leave the place and you have to change the place again . We need to be serious and stop pretending. Is like saying that we going to force tomatoes seller to reduce prices... Just noise!
Pharao 2 days ago

See this educated fool, his brain is full of shit.
How dare you back like a dog?

See this educated fool, his brain is full of shit.
How dare you back like a dog?
Nana 2 days ago

Hostel fees is too much in Ghana, especially Legon, KNUST & UPS which i think the owners must do something to reduce the prices but what the man also said is true. Why targeting hostels with cameras following you to show the ...
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Hostel fees is too much in Ghana, especially Legon, KNUST & UPS which i think the owners must do something to reduce the prices but what the man also said is true. Why targeting hostels with cameras following you to show the Ghanaian public that u r doing your job so why don't u do the same in East legon and trassacco or Cantoments to show us that u r on top of your game and no one is above the rent laws.
Peee 2 days ago

He called himself Bishop with wicked mind,extorting money from poor parents. We need price control in dis Country

He called himself Bishop with wicked mind,extorting money from poor parents. We need price control in dis Country
Mills 2 days ago

This is unfortunate.He could have given a better response.That is why you should Not talk when you are angry

This is unfortunate.He could have given a better response.That is why you should Not talk when you are angry
KIKI 2 days ago

The rent control man just want popularity. What is he doing about hotels who charges dollars?

The rent control man just want popularity. What is he doing about hotels who charges dollars?
Coven 2 days ago

Freeloader jackass

Freeloader jackass
Nana 2 days ago

I'm still wondering why, after so many years, the universities have not been able to build more halls or hostels on campus. It is clearly not a question of availability of land or financial constraints... judging from the fee ...
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I'm still wondering why, after so many years, the universities have not been able to build more halls or hostels on campus. It is clearly not a question of availability of land or financial constraints... judging from the fees they charge per student and the number of students who are admitted sometimes on a half yearly or yearly basis. When would we as Ghanaians get out priorities right and do the needful instead of resorting to knee-jerk responses to issues? The institutions should invest in accommodation facilities for the students and not leave that to private actors who are very often interested solely in the profits they would make from such ventures... and not necessarily the well-being of the students.
Peter 2 days ago

Let us start from you because they are students, then we go to East legon. Greedy and insincere hostel owners. The university authorities are part of these, that is why the hostel owners have the gut to talk like that.

Let us start from you because they are students, then we go to East legon. Greedy and insincere hostel owners. The university authorities are part of these, that is why the hostel owners have the gut to talk like that.
Bob 2 days ago

I get ashamed when grey men who should know better speak like this. Rent Control is a regulator of rent and not to control prices or rent. They are in the space to regulate and check excesses. There are rules and laws governi ...
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I get ashamed when grey men who should know better speak like this. Rent Control is a regulator of rent and not to control prices or rent. They are in the space to regulate and check excesses. There are rules and laws governing every space so it's for us to be reasonable
Ted 2 days ago

This old igorant living the past..Government and rent control commisioner should control these private hostels

This old igorant living the past..Government and rent control commisioner should control these private hostels
COMMENT 2 days ago

GOV'T ECONOMIC POLICY NOT LOWERING PRICES
The back and forth on rents hang on the truth that there is scarcity of housings in the country. It is expensive, overburdeningly expensive to build a house in Ghana. Building mater ...
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GOV'T ECONOMIC POLICY NOT LOWERING PRICES
The back and forth on rents hang on the truth that there is scarcity of housings in the country. It is expensive, overburdeningly expensive to build a house in Ghana. Building materials are super expensive.
SOLUTION : remove the taxes on building materials.
Tabs 2 days ago

Bishop indeed?
Leveraging on the floors of a system against the fragile people!!!!
Hmmm, in a country called Ghana!!!

Bishop indeed?
Leveraging on the floors of a system against the fragile people!!!!
Hmmm, in a country called Ghana!!!
Kappa 2 days ago

Old man with the sense of a housefly.

Old man with the sense of a housefly.
Marcus Adepaye 2 days ago

Imagine what a greedy Bishop is saying???!!! We continue to blame politicians for all the bad things that happens in Ghana but providers of goods and services are our problems. They don't have any sense of doing the right th ...
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Imagine what a greedy Bishop is saying???!!! We continue to blame politicians for all the bad things that happens in Ghana but providers of goods and services are our problems. They don't have any sense of doing the right things but just to rip people off to live very good lives to the detriment of those who patronize their goods and services. Wicked people!!!! Everybody doesn't want to do the right thing in Ghana!!!!!
KB2 2 days ago

I blame the government instead of building more hostels on compuses,they say private sector participation,see how these greedy Ghanians are exploiting poor students.if not because of school who will come to Kumasi to rent the ...
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I blame the government instead of building more hostels on compuses,they say private sector participation,see how these greedy Ghanians are exploiting poor students.if not because of school who will come to Kumasi to rent these delapitated structures .
Don 2 days ago

That's not what rent control sort to do. Rather to properly regulate rent prices across board.

That's not what rent control sort to do. Rather to properly regulate rent prices across board.
He should go and tell them to stop quoting prices in foreign currencies 2 days ago

How can land be sold in foreign currency and he is silent on that. The whole country is a crime scene. We are only practising fraud and corruption. TDC, a State agency sells land in Dollars .
COMMON SENSE SHOULD HAVE MERCY.

How can land be sold in foreign currency and he is silent on that. The whole country is a crime scene. We are only practising fraud and corruption. TDC, a State agency sells land in Dollars .
COMMON SENSE SHOULD HAVE MERCY.
O'tordea 2 days ago

Rent control is at Tudu. He should start the streamlining process from the shops in Tudu and Makola. He is a failure with the tone at which he addresses hostel owners. He lacks decorum in speech.

Rent control is at Tudu. He should start the streamlining process from the shops in Tudu and Makola. He is a failure with the tone at which he addresses hostel owners. He lacks decorum in speech.
Nana Poku (London) 2 days ago

Because you guys are seriously ripping off these student's with high hostel prices

Because you guys are seriously ripping off these student's with high hostel prices
CONCERNED CITIZEN 2 days ago

In advanced countries, prices depend on demand and supply. The cost of building materials is nothing compared to labor. In addition, the high interest rate of 25% makes it very exorbitant.

The price is worth the investment ...
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In advanced countries, prices depend on demand and supply. The cost of building materials is nothing compared to labor. In addition, the high interest rate of 25% makes it very exorbitant.

The price is worth the investment. Parents should plan and solicit funds from the financial banks and other institutions to take care of these expenses.

In America we have financial institutions that borrow money to students to pay their fees. Parents can't afford to pay like $6,000.00 dollars a semester to take care of their wards.
Kingsley R.Osei 2 days ago

The rent control board is a useless entity.
Why don't they advise the government to stop building a super highway which will benefit a few and spend the money on housing which will benefit the masses.
The president said ...
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The rent control board is a useless entity.
Why don't they advise the government to stop building a super highway which will benefit a few and spend the money on housing which will benefit the masses.
The president said the Kenyans government build thousands and thousands of affordable homes for the masses, why can't he do the same for Ghanaians.
This should be easy with all the money Sammy Gyamfi is making for Ghana from GOLD.
AmanorUSA 2 days ago

The rent control laws are not new so allow them implement it fully. It looks like new because he is the first commissioner appointed by any president. The bishops is comparing apples to Cassava; a building is a long term inve ...
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The rent control laws are not new so allow them implement it fully. It looks like new because he is the first commissioner appointed by any president. The bishops is comparing apples to Cassava; a building is a long term investment so the profit is also long term. Also VIP buses and other expensive buses are bought by private men but their use and fares are regulated . The income from hotels and all private homes must be properly taxed please. Here in the USA, private homes and hostels need to inspect every home and agree with how much to rent them out and get their taxes. Let the man work.
Knowledge 2 days ago

In any civilized country price control is utmost important. What is this bishop saying? A bishop supporting impunity? Price control is the way forward if Ghana wants to thrive and have a fair and standard system. Government s ...
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In any civilized country price control is utmost important. What is this bishop saying? A bishop supporting impunity? Price control is the way forward if Ghana wants to thrive and have a fair and standard system. Government shouldn’t bow down to this criminal opposition. And I urge the government to as matter of urgency invest in student accommodation. It’s feasible to do this with private partnerships.
HAPPY DAYS 2 days ago

This is not about price control,this is a PPP project which more of a public service than a simple pure business ventures,the land belongs to the state and the students are the offtakers with very little choice that is why th ...
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This is not about price control,this is a PPP project which more of a public service than a simple pure business ventures,the land belongs to the state and the students are the offtakers with very little choice that is why they must be protected and not left at the mercy of the operators.They should even provide the students with Internet connectivity as bonus for coming into residence.The challenge with Ghana is everybody is on his own for better or for worse,that is why people tend to think they can do what they like.
Kojo 2 days ago

The quality and services provided by these hostels leave much to he desired. It seems the students are at the mercy if these hostel owners who want simply to maximise their profits without adequately providing facilities cond ...
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The quality and services provided by these hostels leave much to he desired. It seems the students are at the mercy if these hostel owners who want simply to maximise their profits without adequately providing facilities conducive for academic work and studies. The Unis don't help as they hardly provide any minimum standards for hostels to meet. The Unis must provide minimum standards and provide and inspection regime with the help of local authorities and only endorse hostels that meet these standards. It's really a difficult issue and Unis should continue to engage support facility providers to build hostels on campus or other lands
Nana Yaw 2 days ago

Do we have price control system in Ghana. This is stupid! How much do we pay for electricity and water in a month? Are prices of building materials being regulated by government? Fools!

Do we have price control system in Ghana. This is stupid! How much do we pay for electricity and water in a month? Are prices of building materials being regulated by government? Fools!
Richmond 2 days ago

Shortage of student accommodation on campus has shot up the rents. Simple demand and supply analysis. The best action isn't price control rather providing more affordable student hostels.
If the state is so concerned about ...
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Shortage of student accommodation on campus has shot up the rents. Simple demand and supply analysis. The best action isn't price control rather providing more affordable student hostels.
If the state is so concerned about the plight of students, then this is what it must do.

Rent control primary goal should not be on the price. If price is their target then, there is a bigger picture to look at not only student hostel prices. In fact, their concentration should be on the laws regulating rents and enforcing those laws. For instance, writing tenancy agreement, depositing a copy of it at rent control board and ensuring that parties respects the terms of those agreements.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH 1 day ago

THE PROBLEM IS NATIONAL AND UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP

KNUST HAD A PLAN FOR 25 HALLS.

After Nkrumah was overthrown, the plan died and the violent took the campus by force. Assuming there are enough halls, hostel use will ...
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THE PROBLEM IS NATIONAL AND UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP

KNUST HAD A PLAN FOR 25 HALLS.

After Nkrumah was overthrown, the plan died and the violent took the campus by force. Assuming there are enough halls, hostel use will be by choice.

THIS IS THE END OF THE MATTER

1. Ghanaian parents should minimise tertiary education for their wards. After all, they won't get job after graduation (unless they travel down here to seek for it).
Parents should save money so their wards can go into entrepreneurship and consider ONLINE AND DISTANCE EDUCATION options for lifelong learning.

2. Parents should literally advise wards to choose DISTANCE LEARNING for those interested in pursuing GRAMMAR COURSES/PROGRAMMES.

WHEN DEMAND IS LESS, PRICES WILL COMPLY.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH 1 day ago

I don't know what business, social sciences, law, mathematics, actuarial science, and those non practical/laboratory students are doing in a regular programme.

WHEN DEMAND IS LESS, PRICES WILL COMPLY.

I don't know what business, social sciences, law, mathematics, actuarial science, and those non practical/laboratory students are doing in a regular programme.

WHEN DEMAND IS LESS, PRICES WILL COMPLY.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH 1 day ago

All those bachelor of Arts students, what are they doing in hostels?

BA ENGLISH
BA COMMUNICATION
BA SOCIOLOGY
BA HISTORY
BA RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Etc
Etc

All those bachelor of Arts students, what are they doing in hostels?

BA ENGLISH
BA COMMUNICATION
BA SOCIOLOGY
BA HISTORY
BA RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Etc
Etc

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'Go to East Legon and control prices there' – KNUST hostel owners' president tells government

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