The 56th annual residential congress of the National Union Of Ghana Students (NUGS) came to a successful end at the Gnat village in Ejisu Abankro in the Ashanti Region

 

The Congress was attended by over 152 schools across the country with each school represented by 7 accredited delegates 

On the 3rd day of the congress had delegates go to the polls to elect officers for the 2022/2023 academic calendar. 

 

Hundreds of delegates tripped to the election room to cast their votes irrespective of the few challenges encountered by the students, National security was in attendance to curtail any mayhem 

 

The elections ended around 11 pm on Saturday with Denis Appiah Larbi known to the students as NyaGyedie emerging as the newly elected president of the Union.

 

Dennis Appiah Larbi before he won the just-ended election contested for the same portfolio with Yiadom Boakye in the 2021/2022 academic calendar elections and succumb to the current president of the Union.

 

The CEO of Afra Cup and a corporate strategic student of Methodist University College and a former SRC President of the University of Cape Coast takes over the mantle from Yoadom Boakye having accumulated over 800 votes of the total valid votes cast.

 

Below are the Officers elected to manage the affairs of the Union according to the electoral commission of the National Union of Ghana Students.

 

President - Dennis Appiah Larbi Ampofo

 

General Secretary - Opey Joshua

 

Secretary for Education - Ransford Tege

 

International Relations - Oppong Kyekyeku 

 

Secretary for Finance - Francisca Lynn Willis

 

Women Development - Jessica Twumasi 

 

Union Development - Issah Ahmed Jaiden