A month-long independent investigation by The Chronicle has revealed the protracted exploitation of students at the Tamale Nursing Training College (NTC) by the authorities in various forms.

These acts are currently creating serious tension between the student nurses and their tutors, as the apparent fraudulent deeds of the authorities have now become an open secret.

According to the students, it was their expectation that the authorities would use monies paid by the students, judiciously to address the problems of student accommodation, teaching, procurement of learning materials, under-resourced library, computer laboratory, classrooms and the maintenance of other utilities. They also complained bitterly about the poor nature of their demonstration/practicals room and dinning hall.

 The Tamale Nursing Training College, which has a student population of about 750, has no assembly hall and their only dinning hall can contain only 40 students. Read more