KTU ELECTORAL COMMISSION SET TO CONDUCT ELECTION

 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, 30^th January, 2020. Prior to the election, the EC will organize a manifesto reading on Wednesday, 27^th 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