Staff of the Nurses Training College, Ho have staged a peaceful demonstration demanding the return of several institutional facilities currently being used by the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) at its Dave campus in the Ho Municipality.
The protesters said the infrastructure was originally handed over to the university more than a decade ago as a temporary arrangement but had yet to be returned.
Addressing the media during the protest, convener of the demonstration, James Awudi, explained that the facilities were given to UHAS in 2012 by the late President John Evans Atta Mills to serve as incubator facilities when the university was newly established.
According to him, the understanding was that the facilities would be handed back to the college once UHAS moved to its permanent campus.
However, he said more than ten years later, the buildings—including staff flats, lecture halls, the college library, offices and three-bedroom bungalows meant for the principal—remain under the control of the university.
Mr Awudi noted that some of the staff flats had been converted into student hostels by UHAS, which he said was generating internally generated funds from them while the college faced accommodation challenges.
“While we, the rightful owners of these facilities, are struggling to house our staff and secure lecture halls for our students, the facilities are being used for other purposes,” he said.
He indicated that management and staff of the college had over the years written several petitions and letters to authorities to resolve the matter but had not received a satisfactory response.
Mr Awudi emphasised that the protest was not intended to create tension between the two institutions but rather to seek fairness and respect for institutional property.
He therefore appealed to the Government of Ghana, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education and the Volta Regional Coordinating Council to intervene and help resolve the matter.
Receiving a petition from the demonstrators, Ruth Xorladem Ayitteh, Director of Works and Physical Development at UHAS, assured the staff that their concerns would be forwarded to the Vice-Chancellor of the university and subsequently to the university council for consideration.
The latest protest comes months after students of the School of Hygiene, Ho held a similar demonstration in June 2025, demanding the release of a facility at the UHAS Dave Campus which they claimed belonged to their institution and was needed to address infrastructure and accreditation challenges.
