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#FixHostelPrices: NANA KWESI ESHUN HONORED AN INVITATION FROM THE COMMITTE FOR REVIEWING THE PRICING MECHANISM OF HOSTELS, KNUST

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Nana Kwesi Eshun, the petitioner in the #FixHostelPrices campaign honored an invitation from the committee for reviewing the pricing mechanism of KNUST hostels. The KNUST Dean of Students who is the Chairman of this committee and his members asked of ways that can help leverage the pricing of hostels. The meeting was an enlightening interaction with dignitaries on the committee brainstorming on the subject matter; "REVIEWING MECHANISM OF KNUST HOSTELS" to find a lasting solution to the outrageous increase in hostel prices yearly. Nana Kwesi Eshun shared some thoughts with the committee, emphasizing that campus hostels are most at times expensive than off-campus hostels. Citing Chancellors hall (Hall 7), Brunei, and SRC hostels which benefit from the school resources increase their prices every year. This makes it difficult for off-campus hostel managers to reduce their prices using hostels on campus as a yardstick. Private hostels charge huge sums of money without including