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13.08.2018 Education

NUGS General Secretary Hopeful Commends Madam Iris Kwafo Mensah For Being the First Female GRASAG President.

By Hope FM Eastern Region
Oscar BedzraOscar Bedzra
13.08.2018 LISTEN

A student activist and General Secretary Aspirant of the National Union of Ghana Students(NUGS), Oscar Bedzra has commended Madam Iris Kwafo Mensah and Mr. Evans Woode following their election as the President and Vice President respectively of the Graduate Students Association of Ghana(GRASAG). He said this in an interview with Hope FM in the Eastern Region .

"The Graduate Students Association of Ghana(GRASAG) has over the years not produced a substantive female President and GRASAG has indeed this year , proven beyond doubts that they have listened to the call for the need of services and empowerment of more women to be engaged in leadership .

"Indeed , I wish to state emphatically that , the stakeholders of GRASAG have done a wonderful job having organized yet another election free from inter-personal and/or intergroup attack(s) and fair on grounds of giving women the opportunity to lead a national front " . Oscar Bedzra said

"I would also like to commend Mr.Evans Woode, the vice President-elect for GRASAG for rallying behind a relentless female for victory". The General Secretary aspirant continued

He went on to urge the association to hold onto their visions and not to compromise the core values of their association with the mandate of building a much stronger GRASAG in the near future .

The NUGS general secretary aspirant further adviced the stakeholders of the University Students Association of Ghana(USAG) to learn from the peaceful nature of GRASAG's elections as a guide and example to conduct their much anticipated USAG election which comes off on Wednesday the 15th day of August 2018 .

"I want to use this opportunity to advice USAG to use the peaceful nature of GRASAG election as an example to conduct their much anticipated election scheduled for Wednesday , 15th August 2018" .

Oscar Bedzra then drew the curtains on his discussion with a call on the national leadership of the National Union of Ghana Students(NUGS) to unite ahead of this year's Congress since it is highly possible of going a long way to restore the core values of the the students' Union .

"I can only end here with a humble voice to the national leadership of the National Union of Ghana Students to unite and initiate unity Congress since unity Congress will go a long way to restore the core values of the mother Union , NUGS. I must also be quick to add that , my team and I have supported the call for unity Congress through a communiqué singed by eight(8) astute SRC Presidents including the Ashanti Regional NUGS Bloc President , Mr Price Osei Twumasi and that is exactly what we are all anticipating "

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