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UG SRC Elections: Guru disqualified from presidential race
According to the Electoral Commission, pursuant to article 40 and 41 of the UGSRC Constitution, the Veting Committee of the University of’ Ghana Students” Representative Council (UGSRC) conducted the vetting process for the 2024 UGSRC General Election on the evening of Sunday, 1 August 3024.
The Committee assessed three Treasurer aspirants, three General Secretary aspirants, and five
Presidential and Vice Presidential aspirants.
According to them, upon a careful examination of the documents submitted, it was discovered that two candidates from the Presidential and Vice Presidential aspirants indicated their non-resident status, which they further confirmed during the vetting process.
The Commission further disclosed that these aspirants are, Maradona Adjei Yeboah and Lawrence Edinam Egleh
They added that “a careful consideration of Article 30 (1)(a) of the UGSRC Constitution under “Qualification” as seen below: “(1) A student shall not be qualified for eleetion to any executive office unless: He is qualified to contest elections under his hall’s Constitution, except that a provision requiring a student to be in at least his third year in this University shall not disqualify such a person from contesting for any office under this article.”
“It is clear that the test of qualification of a candidate in UGSRC General Election includes Whether the candidate qualifies to be an Executive Officer of his or her residence (JCR). It follows that a critical qualification criteria is a person’s qualification to be an Executive Officer his or her hall of residence (JCR),” the statement added.
The EC explained that the quote from the constitution “further implies that where a person does not belong to any hall of residence (JCR) then the person does not qualify to be an Executive Officer of a hall of residence (JCR) and consequently not qualified or eligible to be an Executive Officer of the University of Ghana Students’ Representative Council (UGSRC).”
They revealed that “On a total reading of the UGSRC Constitution, it would be seen that it is the intention of the framers of the constitution that for a person to qualify to be an Executive Officer of the UGSRC, the person should have qualified to be an Executive
Officer of a hall of residence (JCR).”
The EC indicated that the Vetting Committee concluded after a critical assessment of the qualification criteria noticed that, Maradona Adjei Yeboah and Lawrence Edinam Egleh do not meet the criteria stated in article 30(1) (a) of the UGSRC Constitution and therefore do not qualify or are not eligible to contest for an Executive Officer position of the University of Ghana Students’ Representative Council (UGSRC).
Finally, it noted that the article 4 (d) (ii) of the Constitutional Instrument (CI 24) governing the electoral process states that, “In a case where on a ticket, especially the Presidential and Vice ticket, one of the aspirants, either the President or the Vice, does not meet any of the requirements as stated in the UGSRC Constitution, the whole ticket is therefore disqualified.”
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has engaged South Africa’ International Relations Minister over xenophobic attacks on Ghanaians.
In a revelation on Facebook, he posted “I have this morning held a telephone conversation with my South African counterpart, His Excellency Ronald Lamola, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation. I called him on the trending videos about Ghanaians coming under extremely disturbing xenophobic attacks in South Africa.”
According to him, ” The South African Foreign Minister has expressed his empathy with the victims and promised full scale investigations into the depressing incidents.”
“The Government of South Africa is set to hold a briefing with African Ambassadors later today,” he added.
Okudzeto Ablakwa also confirmed that since yesterday, he had been in constant contact with Ghana’s High Commissioner in South Africa, His Excellency Benjamin Quarshie, coordinating the country’s response.
“I am gladdened that so far colleagues in our diplomatic mission have located the main victim in the viral video and are offering consular assistance. He is doing very well,” he added
The Minister revealed that “No Ghanaian life has been lost. We urge calm and confidence in our collective capacity to protect Ghanaians.”
He further noted that the Mahama Administration remains uncompromising about the welfare and safety of Ghanaians both home and abroad.
“We are determined to guarantee the protection of all citizens,” he added.
“May these regrettable incidents never quench our Pan-African love and solidarity for each other. The overwhelming majority of Africans are united and share an unbreakable bond — we shall not be divided by the hatred of a few fringe elements,” Okudzeto Ablakwa concluded .
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
The Odumase-Krobo District Command on Monday, April 20, 2026, arrested a female suspect in connection with the abduction of a nine (9) year old girl at Agormanya Zongo in the Odumase-Krobo district.
On Sunday, April 19, 2026, the Odumase-Krobo district Command received a complaint from victim’s father that his daughter left home and had since not returned.
Following investigations and intelligence, officers from the Odumase-Krobo district with the assistance of BNI personnel at the Accra International Airport arrested suspect Regina Mamle Tawiah, aged 36, and rescued the victim at the Accra International Airport.
Preliminary investigations revealed that suspect was trying to send the victim to Kenya.
Meanwhile, the victim has been reunited with her father.
The suspect, Regina Mamle Tawiah who was arraigned before the Odumase-Krobo circuit court yesterday, April 21, 2026.
She pleaded not guilty and has been remanded into police custody to reappear on May 5, 2026 for case management conference.
The Eastern Regional Police Command has entreated the general public to remain vigilant at all times and promptly report any suspicious persons or behaviour to the police.
