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The future of some Ghanaian students at the University of Memphis appears to be in limbo, as they face possible eviction from the institution due to financial issues.
A total of 181 students, currently pursuing various courses at the university, are facing dire circumstances following the stalled payment of their tuition.
As a result, the university’s management has issued an ultimatum of August 9, 2025, for payment; failure of which will result in eviction.
Speaking on the matter, Fred Awuku Budu Opoku-Asamoah, the leader of the Ghanaian student community at the university, voiced his frustration over the development, stating that it has placed a significant strain on their academic activities.
According to him, in addition to the eviction notice, the university has also dropped their students’ registration for the upcoming academic semester due to non-payment of fees, putting their academic future in jeopardy.
“The current state of affairs of 181 Ghanaian students at the University of Memphis is nothing to write home about. The management of the University, through a circular dated 14 July 2025, informed us to vacate our rooms by August 9, 2025, at 12 noon CST. Furthermore, our registration for fall 2025 has been dropped as of July 2025 for non-payment of our school fees,” Opoku-Asamoah said in a Citi News interview on July 18, 2025.
Opoku-Asamoah has consequently called on the government to intervene in the situation, emphasising that eviction would leave the affected students stranded.
“As it stands now, we have nowhere to go. We are making a passionate appeal to President John Dramani Mahama and the Vice President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang to intervene and salvage the situation because as it stands, we are stranded and we don’t know where to go if we are evicted from our rooms come August 9, 2025,” he said.
He added, “Some of my colleagues will be completing school in December. They are left with one semester to complete school. So, if the government of Ghana doesn’t intervene, they will not be able to complete their courses to enable them graduate in December 2025.”
When asked whether the affected students had reached out to authorities in Ghana, particularly the Scholarship Secretariat, about their predicament, Opoku-Asamoah stated that earlier attempts had proven futile, with no positive response of solutions or assistance.
“All attempts to reach the Ghana scholarship secretariat and the authorities have fallen on deaf ears. It has proven futile that none of them have tried to arrange a meeting with us to see how best they can help us. At the moment, we have not heard from the GSS as well as the authorities,” he added.
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