NUGS MOURNS WITH CUC

NATIONAL UNION OF GHANA STUDENTS (NUGS) learnt with great distress the tragic accident involving some SRC Executives and students of Central University College (CUC)  that occurred on Friday 28th March, 2014. 

Our hearts and condolence go to the family of the student who lost his life. We also share in the pain of the Students, SRC and Management of CUC. There is a general mood of sadness across the campuses in Ghana about this unfortunate incident. 

We will like to use this opportunity to call on all from the primary to tertiary to join us pray for speedy healing for our mates who were involved in the accident.

It is worrying to note that there had been a lot of accidents involving students just this year.  

It is our prayer that the good Lord protect us us all against any such situation in future. 

To the families of the victims and the entire student body and staff of Central University College "mon hy3 din" God gives and he takes back at the appointed time.

We plead with every Ghanaian to be very concious and careful on the road especially when you are carrying students in your vehicles. 

We also entreat all students to be mindful of the bad nature of some of our roads in Ghana and drive cautiously. Your life is of value to us.

NUGS is making plans with some insurance companies to provide life insurance policies for students so that some of these bills can be taken care of.

  

          
Samuel Dakwa Binfoh           
NUGS president

RE-APPOINTMENT OF VICE-CHANCELLOR AND PRO-VICE-CHANCELLOR (RID)

This is to inform the University Community that the University Council at its meeting
on Thursday, 27th March, 2014, re-appointed Professor Ernest Aryeetey for a second
term in
office as Vice-Chancellor of the University of
Ghana from 1st August, 2014, to 31st July,
2016, when he retires.
At the same meeting, Council re-appointed Professor John Owusu Gyapong as Pro-
Vice-Chancellor with responsibility for Research,
Innovation and Development, for a second term in office from 1st August, 2014 to
31st July, 2017.
The re-appointments were made after a review of their performance in the first term
of their respective positions.
Signed
Mercy Haizel-Ashia
REGISTRAR

THE UPSA SRC SUMMER TRIP

The Students Representative Council (SRC) of University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) under the Local NUGS Secretariat is organizing a summer trip this long vacation.
The Summer Trip 14 package includes,
1. 3 months Guaranteed Visa
2. Airline ticket ( round trip- in and out)
3. 3 months accommodation
4. Internship/ attachment
5. Inter-cultural exchanges
6. Tourism
Countries include;
Dubai, Malaysia,  south Africa, Cuba, equatorial Guinea.
Registration is in progress until 26th may, 2014. Registration is just 10gh.
For more enquiries contact;
1. Oheneba Elijah
Local NUGS President
0273920089

2. Daniel Okyere
 SRC PRO
0249646514.

FACE OF GIJ CONTESTANTS MAKE FIRST MEDIA APPEARANCE.

Contestants of the Face of GIJ pageant, were featured today on the standpoint, one of the nation's society oriented talk shows.

Accompanied by the External Affairs Commissioner, Miss Zarina Amandi and the Vice President Miss Bilkis Nuhu Kokroko,the contestants spoke on youthful pressures and how young people can make better descisions in choosing their life partners.

Later today, the contestants Will also be on the Adom Fm afternoon entertainment show, where they Will be interviewed on the SRC women's week celebration and the Face of of GIJ finale.

Tune in also to YFM, from 2pm - 5pm , for more hype and updates on the Face of GIJ finale, with tickets going out fir a cool 20(regular ) & 30(VIP) cedis.

These beautiful contastants, Will crown their day, at the Ghana Institute of Languages, for the  face of GIL.

The face of GIJ pageant is the climax of the women's week  celebration, which starts from Tuesday 4th April, with a launch and seminar on abortion, a fashion show and cooking competition  on Wednesday,and the grand climax on Friday, where Stonebwoy, Kweku Montana, Trozoo, Dhamie, DLovers, Quatra, Nautical, 2PM and a host of others are set to perform.

The celebration is brought to you by the GIJ SRC, and sponsored by Daviva, Harmattan lifestyle designs, Emmy Amba Designs,NuJoy Designs, Osons Chemist, Indomie, Philips Somotex, Darling hair, and Reflex photos.
Media partners are The Ghanaian Times, Spectator, TV3, TVAfrica, Eventguide, Radio GIJ and  Viasat 1.

Irene Werekowaa Osei

There's a reason why

breaking up from a sexual

relationship is much more

emotionally painful and much

harder to forget than one

that didn't involve sex. There

are several neurochemical

processes that occur during

sex, which are the “glue” to

human bonding.

Sex is a powerful brain

stimulant. When someone is

involved sexually, it makes

him or her want to repeat

that act. Their brain produces

lots of dopamine—a powerful

chemical, which is compared

to heroin on the brain.

Dopamine is your internal

pleasure/reward system.

When dopamine is involved, it

changes how we remember.

The other part is oxytocin,

which is designed to mainly

help us forget what is painful.

Oxytocin is a hormone

produced primarily in

women's bodies. When a

woman has a child and she is

breastfeeding, she produces

lots of oxytocin, which bonds

her to her child. For this

reason, mothers will die for

their child, because they've

become emotionally bonded

due to the oxytocin that is

released when they're skin-to-

skin with their child.

The same phenomenon

occurs when a woman is

intimate with a man. Oxytocin

is released, and this makes

her bond to him emotionally.

Have you wondered

sometimes why a woman will

stay with a man who's

abusing her? We know now

that it's because she bonded

to him emotionally because of

the oxytocin released during

sex.

Men produce vasopressin,

which is also referred to as

the “monogamy hormone,”

and it has the same effect as

oxytocin has on a woman. It

bonds a man to a woman.

These “bonding” agents

narrow our selection to one

person. That is wonderful in a

marriage relationship but

really bad in a dating

relationship because you lose

your objectivity when you're

searching for your potential

lifemate.

Impaired Judgment

According to

neuropsychologist Dr. Tim

Jennings, “When you have

premarital sex, your reward

circuitry is bonded to them

now, and it will be much

deeper and hurtful.

Oftentimes, in breakups of

people who've been sexually

active, they can't tolerate the

sense of emptiness, so they

rush into another

relationship. The neuro

circuits did not have time to

reset, and so they're impaired

in their ability to bond with

the next person, and they

may become sexually active

with them. This is just a

repetitive cycle, and there are

real impairments in bonding

going on.”

Becoming Bonded With Porn

These same neurochemicals

are present when viewing

pornography. A man will

become bonded with

whatever he is engaged in

during the moment these

chemicals are released. When

your relationship is being

carried on with an image, you

become bonded to whatever

you're viewing.

Dr. Doug Weiss, a marriage

counselor, advises men to

have eye contact with their

wives during sex because they

become bonded with that

person. By doing this, he

explains that, over time,

individuals will decrease the

“neural pathway to

pornography and sexually

inappropriate thoughts and

believes and glue to healthy

sexuality to [their] wife. When

your brain thinks sex, it

thinks, 'Where's my wife?' And

that is a great way to fight

this battle.”

Discovering how our minds

were designed to operate by

a magnificent Creator reveals

truth in the way we are to

live.

Cycle of Sexual Sin

For someone viewing porn,

one of the functions of

oxytocin is to separate the

experience and the

excitement from the intensity

of the shame. According to

neuropsychologist Dr. Jes

Montgomery, “Usually by the

time they turn the computer

off, they are already sinking

into a sense of failure and

shame, and the function of

oxytocin is to tell the brain,

'Wait a minute. You don't

want to remember that. You

want to hold on to this

excitement and this amazing

magic that you just

experienced.'”

Knowing how these

neurochemicals interact and

change the brain help us

understand why sex is meant

to be kept within the

boundaries of marriage. You

see the overtones here about

God's design for His pure

temple. This is another

reason why the devil attacks

our sexuality so much—

because in attacking human

sexuality, it actually interferes

with human bonding.

So, for those practicing sex

outside of marriage, they are

creating a bond with their

partner, thus inhibiting their

discernment of whether they

should remain in that

relationship. God wired and

designed our brains for a

specific purpose: to bond

ourselves with the person we

marry.

Jennings, Weiss and

Montgomery are just several

of the many experts featured

in the Conquer  series 6-disk

DVD set who provide amazing

insight that help set men free

from sexual sin, while

providing practical steps to

live in purity.

The course of good exercises are challenged with hurdles and ferocious intimidation but the good Lord who gives and takes and grants rest to the weary has answers to what ever happens to his children at every point in time.
We as SRC of UDS Navrongo Campus were disheartened upon hearing the news on the Fatal Accident involving Central University College SRC Executives and therefore deem it fit to extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.
To those who sustained various degrees of injuries,Sharing your sorrow and thinking of you We wish you a speedy recovery.

ça Va Aller

SIGNED
Abavelim Anthony (That Sandema Boy)
SRC SECRETARY

THE ANSWERS WE NEED!!

I am very sad to hear of the unfortunate accident that befell the SRC of Central University College today.
I wish to express my sincerest heartfelt condolence and sympathy to the Families of the victims, the  Management of CUC, the SRC and the entire student body of CUC on behalf the Students of University of Ghana, Accra City Campus.
It is rather unfortunate that our Colleague Student Leaders who were on their way from Mataheko to Prampram for a meeting with their Dean of Students were met with such a tragedy.
It is very sad for such a thing to happen to young leaders and students who are full of dreams of a better tomorrow.
We must all rally behind the family and victims  with prayers at this crucial moment.

At this crucial time even as we will have to sympathy with our colleagues, there are many questions that one may like to ask from the rumour gathered.
1.How true is it that the driver of the said vehicle was a student?
2. If that was true, was he having the right qualification to drive such a car?
3. Is the SRC having a driver? If yes where was he at the time?
Until the above questions are answered to enable us find lasting solutions to such challenge, we can only task the police and the various law enforcement bodies to do a thorough investigation of the matter and give us the right answers.
May the Good Lord Heal the injured and help the departed soul to rest in Perfect Peace.

Prosper Dzitse,
Local NUGS President of UG-ACC.

UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ASSOCIATION OF GHANA STANDS WITH THE SRC OF CENTRAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.

The University Students Association of Ghana(USAG) received news of the grave incident with deep shock. We are moved to uncontrollable grief over the perilious accident that happened today involving  leadership of the student representative council of central university college. This comes to us like a dagger of sorrow,knowing  that  the central university college is a trial blazer in the university student association of Ghana.We cannot but pledge our unflinching support and deepest desire to fully participate in all healing process to bring relief to the victims. We stand with u in solidarity.On behalf of all university students in Ghana,we pray that the loss is made up for,under the great architect of the universe and God grants us strength in these bitter moment.Thanks.                                          Signed:Blaise Daniel Annan Junior.            (USAG Information and International Relations Secretary. )

NUGS WOCOM ICT PROGRAM PROGRAM

The Women's Commission of the National Union of Ghana students on Monday the 25th of March  & Tuesday the 26th of March 2014 organized a Two- day ICT TRAINING workshop for institutions in the 3 northern regions and the Ashanti region.

The ICT training was facilitated by the Kofi Annan ICT Center and the MTN Ghana Foundation.

The training was held at the Tamale Polytechnic ICT centre with a total number of 120 ladies from 6 institutions namely Tamale poly, School of Hygiene Tamale, Nursing & Midwifery training Tamale, UDS Tamale Campus, UDS Nyankpala, Dabokpa Technical Institute, UEW kumasi campus and some SHS Students from the Tamale poly non-tertiary institution

The program kick started with a welcome address from Miss Patience Annankra the Nugs Women's Commissioner.

For the first session the students were taken through the internet operations and how to use the internet effectively to support their education.

At the end of the training the trainees were grouped into mini groups of 3 persons and tasked to use the internet to research on social issues affecting women like maternal mortality in the north,the importance girl child education & the MDG Goals and made presentations to the class.

The Director General of the Kofi Annan ICT centre Ms Dorothy Gordon addressed the trainees at the end of the session via SKYPE and gave them a solidarity message from the centre and commended the NUGS WOCOM for the good work done.

At the end of the two- Day Training the commission expressed it's gratitude to the Kofi Annan ICT centre and the MTN Ghana foundation, the Women's Commissioner of the host school and all the institutions that were present, the USAG president Ms. Latifa Jasaw and the Director of Kofas Media Mr Kofi Asamoah and everybody who played a role in ensuring the success of the program.

And encouraged the institutions in Southern Ghana not to miss the opportunity when the commission extends the training to the south.

By Iris Kwafo-Mensah

WOMAN; STAY AWARE, STAY HEALTHY REPRODUCTIVE SEMINAR & SCREENING.

The Women's Commission of the National Union of Ghana Students on Saturday the 25th of January 2014 organised a reproductive health seminar and screening for tertiary and second cycle institutions in the country at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology.

The seminar was under the theme : Woman ; Stay Aware, Stay Healthy. And it had ladies from the host school KNUST, University of Education and Natural Resources,  University of Cape Coast, Ghana Institute of Languages, University of Ghana City Campus, UDS Navrongo, Christian Service University College, Ghana Baptist University, University of Education - Kumasi Campus, Kumasi Anglican Secondary School, Elite College, T. I. Ahmadiyya Secondary School.

The speakers for the seminar were Pharm. Antwi Apenteng & Pharm. Nana Ama Mireku-Gyimah of the faculty of Pharmacy, KNUST.
The talk was followed with a cervical cancer screening by the SOS Medical Centre , a breast cancer screening by Pink Aware and HIV testing by PPAG Ghana.

The commission expressed it's gratitude to the KNUST SRC, L/ NUGS & WOMEN'S COMMISSION, Republic Hall JCR, Kofas Media, SOS Medical Centre, Pink Aware Foundation, PPAG and national officers and Bloc Executives who made it to the program.

By Iris Kwafo-Mensah

MINUSES AND PLUSES OF ELECTIONS: PART 1

On assumption of office, I pledged exposing the rots and mafia that was associated with elections on UDS Wa campus.. consequently, I write this piece not to undermine the image and integrity of the EC, any individual or group of persons, but in the name of democracy and perseverance of the constitutional 'social contract' that mandates students to choose their leaders and put in them their individual sovereignty. To this extent, any attempt to twist, turn and manipulate the elections in the favor of one individual against the will of the people should not be condoned. It is with this conviction that I seek to expose some electoral flaws whiles opening the eyes of the world to these possibilities so that there is a free and fair electoral process..

1. First of all, there are supposed king makers (often former students of UDS) who are believed to have experience in rigging elections. These person(s) sometimes take money from aspirants or go into agreements with them in exchange for favors when they win. These people possess the power to manipulate elections and steal the verdict of the people to suit their choice. This is highly possible partly because they might have helped some of the incumbent leaders through such foul means and because such leaders owe their allegiance to them, they USE them to achieve their aim. They influence the selection of the electoral officers and polling agents so that they have people who will bow to their whims and caprices and aid the scheme. Of-course not all of them are evil but surely some are there with an ill motive. Aspirants must therefore advise their polling agents to be very vigilant and not trust any electoral or polling official......

2. There are six polling stations at three venues but the most volatile place is old campus where the diploma and level 400 students vote..
Records show that the level 400 polling station often record the lowest turn out. As a result it has become the most fertile ground to rig election due to the fact that no matter how many ballots are staffed (illegally placed) in the ballot box it will never exceed the total number of registered voters because of the low turn out.. such ballots will be considered valid once they are in the box so the surest thing to do is to avoid them from getting into the box. ASPIRANTS must therefore get observers to help their polling agents to monitor the polls and especially watch-out for persons who will attempt to vote more than once; those who carry foreign materials to put in the box; and those who are not registered there (lower levels) but will attempt to vote. All polling agents and observers must be brave enough to alert the EC, police or confront anyone they suspect to have ill intentions and motives...


WATCH OUT FOR PART TWO..

Richard Kofi Mensah
NUGS President, UDS Wa

WASSCE league table: Mfantsipim, Achimota, PRESEC, Aburi Girls’ out of top 10

The Mount Carmel Girls’ Senior High
School in the Brong Ahafo Region
topped the 2013 West Africa Senior
School Certificate Examination

(WASSCE) by scoring 100 per cent in

the examination.

The school was followed by Wesley

Girls’ Senior High in Cape Coast

which had 99.60 per cent and the

Tepa Senior High School, with 99.55

per cent placed third.

According to the rankings compiled

by the Statistics, Research, Information, Management and Public Relations

(SRIMPR) Division of the Ministry of Education, all the 56 candidates presented by

the Mount Carmel SHS had between A1 and C6, giving the school a 100 per cent

score.

However, in the case of the Wesley Girls’ SHS, 741 out of the 744 candidates it

presented for the exam had between A1 and C6, thereby scoring 99.60 per cent.

The rankings of the performance of the schools also indicated that the Koforidua

Senior High Technical School with 99.39 per cent took the fourth place. Kade Day

Senior High Technical School scored 99.34 per cent in fifth place and the St. James

Seminary had 99.29 per cent and placed sixth.

Adisadel College

The Adisadel College took the seventh place with 99.05 per cent. Maranatha

Business SHS took the eighth place with 99.02 per cent while the St Francis Xavier

Seminary took the ninth place with 98.99 per cent and the Ghana Lebanon Islamic

SHS placed 10th with 98.73 per cent.

In 11th place was St. Augustine’s College (98.69 per cent); Abetifi Presby SHS

(98.63 per cent), 12th; Archbishop Porter Girls’ SHS (98.54 per cent), 13th; St

Roses SHS (98.48 per cent), 14th; Okomfo Anokye SHS (98.41 per cent), 15th;

Islamic Girls’ SHS (98.32 per cent), 16th; Holy Child SHS (98,18 per cent) 17th; St.

John’s SHS (97.94 per cent), 18th; Serwaa Kesse Girls’ SHS (97.77 per cent), 19th

and Opoku Ware SHS (97.69 per cent), 20th.

Top schools including Mfantsipim School, Aburi Girls’ SHS, Presbyterian Boys’ SHS,

Prempeh College, Accra Academy and Achimota School placed 39th 44th, 52nd,

54th, 59th and 78th respectively out of 716 schools.

By. Emmanuel Bonney

(SOURCE) http://graphic.com.gh/news/education/20168-wassce-league-table-mfantsipim-achimota-presec-aburi-girls-out-of-top-10.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook#sthash.B73GjgRB.dpuf

UCC SRC ELECTIONS IN COURT

It has been wind of an unimpeachable information that Opoku Nti Ernest (Restoration) has dragged the University of Cape Coast to the Cape Coast High Court for the enforcement of his fundamental human rights.

The set date for the appearance in court is Tuesday, March, 25, 2014 which the court may enforce an

injunction on the SRC elections. The application is base under Article 33 of the 1992 constitution of the Republic of Ghana, Articles 296 and 17, order 67 of the CI47 and the University of Cape Coast Students handbook 2012 revised edition.

The respondents of the case include The Dean of Students, as first respondent, the chairman of the 2014/2015 SRC elections Vetting Committee of the University of Cape Coast as second respondent. The third respondent is the chairman of the 2014/2015 SRC elections electoral commission of the University Cape Coast, and Philip Glover, the group of convener of petitioners of the University of Cape Coast as the fourth respondent. The last respondent or the fifth respondent is the Attorney General and Minister of Justice Cape Coast Regional Office.

It will be recalled that Opoku Nti Ernest (Restoration) was axed from the 2014/2015 SRC elections race which was purported to be as a result of a petition some students brought against him challenging his eligibility to contest the elections. Restoration is therefore challenging his disqualification from the elections and views his

disqualification as a breach of his fundamental human rights which are enshrined in Ghana's constitution.

He is therefore praying the court to intervene to ensure that he is allowed to contest the election because the said allegations that was raised in the petition that was brought against him was untrue and misconstrued.


BY: ARTHUR TONY HENRY

NUGS PRESIDENT UCC

GHANA STUDENTS AT NZULENZU IN THE WESTERN REGION

It was a description of JOY in capital letters when students of the Accra City Campus of the University of Ghana took a trip to Nzulenzu in the Western Region of Ghana as part of  our SRC week Celebration.

The fun and joy even became escalated when we were joined by students from the University of Ghana Business School as well as Students from Sociology Students Association of The Cape Coast University and students from The University of Education Winneba.

In this publication is a pictorial presentation of what happened on Saturday 22nd March, 2014

(By P.D. ORCHILL)