The electoral commissioner, Eduah Eric, popularly known as Dr. Bones, as mandated by the constitution is to conduct election where the students SHALL elect their executives to charter the affairs of students, in so doing; he has consciously worked to defy all odds to diligently perform his duties in the coming days.
The approved date for
the 2020/2021 academic year election by management is Saturday, 30th
January, 2020. Prior to the election, the EC will organize a manifesto reading
on Wednesday, 27th January, 2020 for all candidates. Again, the EC
has decentralised the polling centres into various faculties to enhance speedy
process and avoid over-crowding. He further stated that five (5) polling
centres will be created, one for each faculty. The polling centres accompanied
by the location in the faculties are presented in the table below;
Centre |
Location |
Faculty |
Polling station 1 |
Basketball Court |
FBMS |
Polling station 2 |
Ceremonial Ground |
FAST |
Polling station 3 |
Ceremonial Ground |
FBNE |
Polling station 4 |
Ceremonial Ground |
FoE |
Polling station 5 |
AD Block |
FHASS |
Eligible
Voters
This year’s election does not qualify all students to exercise their franchise and as such, students who are qualified to vote are;
Continuing students (Level 200 and Level 300) regular and weekend students
· B-Tech final year students
This assures that Level
100 and B-Tech freshmen who are yet to be inducted into the university have
been exempted because their status as students is not recognized until their
inception into the school through matriculation.
The electoral
commission is looking forward to establish free, fair and firm election void of
doubts and has laid down procedures for transparency. Security will strictly be
on guard and all Covid-19 protocols will be enforced. Congratulations to all
candidates in advance.
Thank you.
Author; Jessie Asante