Acting Rent Control Commissioner Frederick Opoku has criticized Hilda Hostel at the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) in Tarkwa after it announced new accommodation charges in defiance of directives from the Rent Control Commission. He warned that the Commission would take action against the hostel for disregarding the... regulations and stressed that if students make the payments, the hostel would be compelled to refund the excess amounts collected. [🎥: The Rent Commissioner-Ghana]show more

I feel bad for him. This man is THE FIRST Rent Control Commissioner ever appointed in the history of Ghana. He's fighting an incredible uphill battle. Imagine being the first ever police sheriff appointed to protect a town where daily crime has been normalized for over 30 years😵

Social media governance, I no shada see some before. Take action and let the media cover it, don't sit in your office and send message on social media.

One of the major root causes of our underdevelopment is lawlessness. No nation where citizens do whatever they like has ever developed. It is this same problem that has produced reckless politicians who brazenly abuse laws and state power without fear of any repercussions.

My problem is you know the hostel and where it’s located so why not go there and let them do the right thing but rather give warning on social media

What dey pain me about this hostel be say dem no dey do any renovations oo ebi the old things naa dey there Mmoaa

So Why can't the Rent Control do something about the rooms that we rent for accommodations as well in this country?

Oh my time(2019) for UMaT then I dey pay 2,200gh for two in a room @ Hilda hostel , why them increase am so 😳

GHC 11,800 for one room is wild. Hope this refund actually happens for the students who already paid.

Good. Rules mean nothing if institutions can simply ignore them whenever they want. Students shouldn’t be exploited because they need accommodation. If excess fees have been collected, the refunds should actually happen, not just remain a warning.

Hostel fees across all the universities in the country have been inflated

Is he going to take action or just sit there and criticize. He should get there and do his job

Some landlords and hostel owners only respect regulations when there are standards consequences. Students shouldn’t be treated like unlimited sources of money.

His criticisms doesn't add anything. You are the regulator, what makes sense is for you to crack the whip if anyone is found foul of the law.

The talking is too much. We know it doesn't go anywhere. Please, stop with the talking and follow the laws and charge them if they are wrong. Na the talking be too much. There is just too much talk, little action in that our small country. Act, and stop all the plenty talk.

No landlord or hostel is above the law. If accommodation fees violate Rent Control regulations, enforcement and refunds should follow to protect tenants’ rights.

this is good

2016 I paid 1400 or 1600 for 2 in a room in this hostel. What happened? 3 in a room was about 800 or 1000 then.

@SIKAOFFICIAL1

Takwa you dey take 11k?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

How are you intervening to set a fair price across

Student accommodation should be governed by fairness and legal compliance, not unilateral price increases. Regulations exist to prevent exploitation.

Why is he focused on Hostels alone? The Ghanaian workforce is more than the students recruited in schools. Is he clueless of that side of what??

Have you published any minimum rent that they should be charging?

@elonmusk is absolutely right about the future of colleges or universities worldwide. The internet has a universal mind now, called AI. So who in the right sense would through away millions to get schooled over non-functional studies that can be better understood online!

@BrakeBrown

He got the hardest job

Thanks 😊 😩

Just to do nothing What happened to the other hostels he visited 🤔

Please regulate Airbnb rental rates first. Otherwise, many property owners may switch to Airbnb or convert hostels into hotels, and students could end up suffering from the shortage.

Start prosecuting them simple

If a regulatory directive is ignored without consequences, it weakens public confidence in the rule of law. Compliance must be enforced consistently.