National President of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) Professor Mamudu Akudugu, has said that although there are students who need financial assistance, it is difficult to give the number of them who genuinely need that kind of help. However, he said, even if the number of students needing help is just five, it is worth providing them with the support. Speaking on the Ghana Tonight show on TV3 on Wednesday, August 14, Prof Mamudu Akudugu suggested that the 'no academic fees for level 100 students' initiative should be targeted to specific students who genuinely need financial support. He said a wholesale implementation of this initiative would not be the ideal action to take. "Of course, there are students who are genuinely having financial constraints and cannot pay but as to how many of them they are we can't tell as of this time. "But even if it is just five students it is worth giving them support but that is why we also think that proper targeting of students who really need support to have a university education should be the way to go rather than the wholesale implementation of this policy," he said. No academic fees for level 100s policy: Proper targeting is required rather than the whole sale approach. - Prof.