NUGS Leadership Calls For Support Towards Renovation
The leadership of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) have appealed to government as well as stakeholders in education to support it in efforts to get its National offices renovated.
It says the office space has not seen any form of renovation eight years after it was handed over by then Minister of Education, Ambassador Lee Ocran to the then Executives.
Windows, doors and partitioning worn out and the office becoming unusable, the leadership bemoaned.
At a press conference addressed by the president Yiadom Boakye Emmanuel with support from the Secretary for Press and Information, Alexander Owusu-Ansah and other NUGS leadership, the NUGS leadership said it would be very malicious on their part to sit aloof and watch the state of affairs at the office.
DETAILS:
The President noted that the new officers have been conducting operations from rented offices.
“Since we were sworn in on 29th June, 2021 till now, we have been running the affairs of the Union from rented and pleaded-for spaces”, Yiadom Boakye noted.
He added that the secretariat has been relying on their only documentation space which is the social media handles ie. Whatsapp, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook etc.
This, the President said was a sad reality, adding that leadership would want to correct and not pass on to successive leadership.
APPEAL:
The President noted that the new administration would do all it can within its power to restore some glory to its secretariat as it solicits assistance from government and the public.
He noted they needed the offices to be fit for purpose and for needful operational activities.
“It will be very malicious on our part as the 2021/2022 executives to sit aloof on the current state of the office and pass it on to the next crop of leadership to inherit this bad status of the office space which we believe is affecting the running of the union negatively,” he posited.
According to the President, any support it would receive towards the rehabilitation will be channelled towards overhauling the office space, purchasing Office furniture and tables as well as acquiring office stationery among others.
The national students union has produced leaders like Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, Hon. Frank Annoh Dompreh, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Dr. Omane Boamah, Hon Maxwell Kofi Jumah, Hon Dr Mohammed Amin Adam and several others.
The Union in their dying quest to renovate the office, is organising a “NUGS ALUMNI HOMECOMING AND FUNDRAISING
CEREMONY” this Thursday , 4th November, 2021 with the Vice President of the Republic, His Excellency Dr Mahamudu Bawumia expected to be their Special Guest of Honor at the Main Auditorium of Accra Technical University from 4pm to 9pm.
The event dubbed “THE YEAR OF RETURN” is expected to bring together past officers and well-wishers of the union to help solicit support towards the office renovation.
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