Government says it has not issued any directive that will make students in tertiary institutions pay utility fees.

Addressing students of Accra Polytechnic as part of the Campus Connect series, the Education Minister Prof Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang said that policy initiative was only a proposal and no definite decision has been taken on it.

A statement was last week issued a announcing the introduction of the new policy that will make students pay for the utilities they use on campus.

The statement was jointly signed by stakeholders including UTAG and POTAG.

However the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has rejected the policy.

The students in a counter-statement threatened to make the country ungovernable if government does not withdraw the policy.

At the Ghana Connect series, Wednesday, government appears to be taking a slow retreat on the policy.

Joy News' Naa Dedei Tettey reported the Minister as saying the policy was only a proposal.

She also advised the students to remain calm because there was no cause for alarm.

Wednesday's edition of the Ghana Connect series has been described as largely peaceful and orderly, in sharp contrast to what happened in Kumasi where government officials were said to have been chased out by some disgruntled students.