The Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is reportedly unable to meet the deadline of reconstituting a Governing Council for the school due to disagreement between government and the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG).

Government is said to be unhappy with the list presented by the UTAG which is to be announced on today Friday, November 2 by the overlord of the Ashanti Kingdom.

Ironically, government has failed to meet the Wednesday deadline for the presentation of its representatives for  the soon-to-be-announced Council.

The clash is as a result of UTAG's refusal to change its representative on the Council, a move government insists is a breach of the initial agreement between the two entities.

However, speaking on 3FM on Friday, National President of UTAG Dr Eric Opoku Mensah insisted UTAG is not changing its representative on the Council.

According to him, Professor Eric Forkuo’s performance on the Council over the past year has been satisfactory and members are rallying support for him to finish the remainder of his tenure.

Dr Opoku Mensah said all stakeholders were given up to Wednesday to present their representatives and UTAG duly met that deadline.

He, however, said government as of Thursday evening had not submitted its representatives onto the Council, a situation that could trigger an industrial action from the lecturers.

Government has four representatives on the Council.

Dr Osei Kankam, Dr Kwabena Boadu, Mrs Abena Antwi and Dr Edward Baffoe-Bonnie were the government representatives on the outgoing Council.

“We are looking forward to it today,” UTAG’s National President said.

In reaction, Head of Public Relations at the Ministry of Education, Ekow Vincent Assafuah, said government will still present its representatives before the day ends.

He said UTAG has betrayed government’s trust since a “gentleman’s agreement” was reached to have all representatives for the new Council changed.

He explained that the agreement was to repose confidence in the reconstituted Council as the outgoing one was blamed for the happenings at the school.

He said government will change its representatives on the Council.

But UTAG’s move, he said, makes “the process useless”.