- GRASAG-TaTU said the September 16 protest was a last resort after management ignored multiple letters and meetings.
- Students clashed with police, burning tyres, pelting stones, and causing damage on campus.
- Key grievances: poor sanitation despite sanitation fees, lack of medical services despite medical fees, underdeveloped infrastructure despite development levies, and alleged mismanagement of examination funds.
- Sanitation conditions described as deplorable, forcing some students and outsiders into open defecation due to unusable toilet facilities.
- Following the protest, students submitted a petition outlining their demands to university management.
Graduate students at Tamale Technical University (TaTU) staged a dramatic protest on September 16, 2025, after repeated attempts to resolve grievances with university management went unheeded. The demonstration escalated into a violent clash with police, involving tyre burning, stone-throwing, and damage to university property.
According to Alhassan Huzeifa Hassan, PRO of the Graduate Students’ Association of Ghana (GRASAG) at TaTU, the protest was the last option after numerous letters and meetings failed to bring change. Students expressed frustration over chronic mismanagement of funds and neglected welfare services, including underdeveloped infrastructure, inadequate medical services, and poor sanitation despite the collection of fees meant to cover these needs.
Hassan described campus sanitation as “disastrous,” highlighting the lack of functional toilet facilities that has forced both students and outsiders to practice open defecation in various campus areas. The absence of proper hygiene facilities, combined with an unenclosed campus, has heightened health concerns.
In the aftermath, the protesting students submitted a formal petition to university authorities, demanding accountability and urgent action to address their concerns.
