A third year law student, Mr. Latif Lawrence Jorhowie, has been sworn in as the 60th President of the Student Representative Council (SRC) of University of Cape Coast (UCC).
The other executive members are Comfort Obeng Takyi, Vice President; Miss Christabel Abanga - Secretary; Eric Asamoah Yirenkyi, Treasurer; Enock Agyei, Public Relations Officer (PRO); Emily Sena Tetteh, Coordinating Secretary; Lucas Ntapuan Tatul, Sports Secretary; Moses Kabenlah Acquah, National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) President; Susan Obiri, Local NUGS Secretary; and Grace Mintaa Wadeih, NUGS Women’s Commissioner.
The Registrar, Mr. Jeff Onyame, administered the Oath of Office to the executive officers at a short ceremony.
The Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. (Mrs.) Rosemond Boohene, in a remark, congratulated the newly elected executives on their election and urged them to work in unity and execute their functions creditably.
She also charged the new team to be focused and get closer to the students to know their needs and address them accordingly. She also explained to the executives the need to engage the students in entrepreneurship.
The new SRC President, Latif Lawrence Jorhowie, in his acceptance speech, thanked the old executives for their hard work and also the students for giving him and his executives the mandate to serve them.
He said his administration would intensify the night volunteer patrol in the communities where continuing students were residing to ensure their security.
He bemoaned the increasing rise in the prices of hostel fees charged by hostel owners at the diaspora and said he would work in tandem with management to find ways to mitigate the plights of students.
Mr. Jorhowie promised students that his administration would make sure that their time table was captured on their Students’ Portal.
At the event, the newly-elected executives of the Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG) of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) were also sworn into office.
For GRASAG, the executives are Achire Adam(President), Mary-Pearl Opare-Addo(Vice- President), Bernice Ocran Dodo (Secretary), Philip Essilfie (Treasurer), Alfred Kusi Tandoh (Financial Secretary), Luu Darlyn Yinpok (Women’s Commissioner), Kingsley Opoku Antwi (PRO) and Basit Mohammed (Organizer).
Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC