Student activism groups across university campuses in Ghana, through the Coalition of Concerned University Students (CoCUS), have indefinitely postponed their intended demonstration scheduled for today, Thursday, 3 February 2022.

The protest by the students to register their displeasure with the government’s failure to end the protracted strike by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has been called off due to the ECOWAS emergency extraordinary summit taking place today in Accra.

The protest, dubbed “#StudentsAreSufferingDemo!”, was expected to begin at 6 am from the campus of the University of Ghana, Legon, through the Liberation Road to the Jubilee House and end at parliament.

The Coalition had plans to submit a petition to the presidency and parliament “for urgent consideration of the government and subsequent execution,” during the protest.

However, the police says it is unable to provide the group with the protection its members need because they will provide such protection to the visiting heads of state.