NATIONAL UNION OF GHANA STUDENTS JUDICIAL BOARD PRESS STATEMENT, ACCRA SEPTEMBER 30,2013

The JUDICIAL BOARD of NUGS wishes to inform all stakeholders that National Officers are relentlessly preparing for an emergency congress in the shortest possible time and must hold on to their steadfast loyalty to our great union.
The scuffles,misunderstandings, among others which characterized our 47th annual residential congress of NUGS hosted by Central Uni. College brought the event to an abrupt end. The court injunction which came to a close on September 26, 2013 aggravated the situation, prolonging an emergency congress which everybody hoped and still hopes to witness and or partake.

Article 57 (a,b and c) of NUGS constitution promulgated in 2008 states that: The Judicial Board shall have jurisdiction in
(a) All matters relating to the enforcement or interpretation of this constitution
(b) All matters arising as to whether a resolution was made or authority has acted in excess of the powers conferred on it by this constitution or any other provisions made there under
(c) All matters relating to elections under this constitution. 

Therefore the Judicial Board has ordered that the National Officers take full responsibility of all preparations for an emergency congress as managers of our resources.
The date, venue and any other thing that would make the emergency congress a reality within the shortest possible time must be communicated to member institutions in order not to push delegates, students and the various SRC’s into any form of academic inconveniences since academic work has begun on all campuses.
The Board also wishes to inform member institutions that it is erroneous and a total violation in this situation for anybody or a group of students to organize an emergency congress.

Besides, Article 17 (a and b) states that
(a) There shall be a last CC meeting as the first activity of congress
(b) A steering committee shall be formed after the meeting supra to oversee congress.
In this case the steering committee does not organize congress. All pre-arrangements of congress must be done by National Officers, so that when the date is due, steering committee comes in to oversee the conduct of congress with the help of the National Officers.

The Judicial Board wishes to state categorically that it is unconstitutional for any individual or group of persons apart from the incumbent NUGS Executive members to organize any form of congress under the NUGS 2008 constitution.
The Judicial Board would resort to any legal means to enforce its interpretations and rulings if anybody fails to live up to the aforementioned. Thank you.

Signed

Elijah Adansi-Bonah
(Chief Justice & Judicial Board Chairman)