Ghanaians have been called upon to work hard to enhance the development of the society and nation at large.
”No nation has been developed by non-nationals, Ghanaians must take up the destiny of the nation into their own hands and we can turn things round for the better”.
Mr Edward Kofi Omane Boamah, the new president of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview in Accra after his inauguration.
Mr Boamah, quoting Former Zambian President, Kenneth Kaunda, said, “The IMF doesn’t care whether you are suffering from malaria, cold or broken legs, it will give you quinine”.
He deplored the attitude of Vice Chancellors of the country’s universities, whom he accused of providing accommodation on their campuses for non-Ghanaian students because they have foreign moneys to pay high rents to the predicament of Ghanaian students.
On the NUGS, Mr Boamah said the goals of the union have not changed, but the way of achieving them has, adding that, “society is dynamic we must change with it so that we do not lag behind.”
He said in the thirty-six years of NUGS existence, almost half of those years had been spent on the forefront of liberating Ghanaian students from the political entanglements of dictatorial military regimes.
Mr. Boamah said NUGS is coining a new image for itself, as non-partisan body with an independent objective.
He said NUGS would work to become self-sustaining to enable it to pursue long-cherished goals of building a secretariat, buying a vehicle for the smooth running of the organisation.
He disclosed that NUGS would open a web-site within the next six months for easy accessibility of the Union to all students.
Source: GhanaWeb
