GUPS ELECTS NEW EXECUTIVES

GHANA UNION OF PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS (GUPS) ELECTS NEW NATIONAL EXECUTIVES

The Ghana Union of Professional Students (GUPS) has elected its new crop of executives to man the affairs of the Union for the 2017\2018 academic year. This was held at the Union's 16th Annual Residential Delegates Congress held from 16th to 20th of August, 2017 at the Kings University College in Accra.
The theme for this year's Congress "harnessing the potential of the professional students, the role of Government and the International community", saw many speakers touching on key areas of skill and talent developments.
Keynote speakers included the Member of Parliament for Tongu North, Hon Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwa, former Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Hon. Oye Luther, Member Parliament for Jirapa, Hon. Francis Bawaana Dakura, the Registrar and Finance Director of Kings University College including many other speakers and students leaders across the country.
In a speech, Hon. Okudjeto Ablakwa Former Deputy Minister of Education in charge of Tertiary under the erstwhile H.E J.D Mahama's administration charged the professional students to wake up from slumber and hold the bull by the horn by saying there's a lot of work to be done as a Union. He walked delegate, observers and all participants of the opening ceremony through the evolution of the National Union of Ghana Students which is the umbrella body of Ghanaian students home and abroad. He elaborated on how significant students Unions can be in building consensus on national discourse affecting education and its major stakeholders which is the students.
Hon. Francis Dakura, M.P for Jirapa also admonished the Union to build a formidable and united front to enable the Union to stand against any individual or group of persons who intend to drag the hard earned reputation of the Union to the cleaners. He hinted that it was out of unity that led to the renaissance of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS)which engaged government on key educational policies to help develop the sector. He said it was through the effort of Ghanaian students that gave birth to the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFUND), abolishing of the Quota system and a lot of policy intervention to mitigate the woes of the ordinary Ghanaian student.
Hon. Oye Luther equally took her turn at the "girls talk", a program by the Unions Women's Commissioner specifically designed to enrich and empower the young women in exploiting all rightful avenues in getting to the apex of both educational and economic ladder. She asserted that the power of the girl child is without limit and boundary, hence nothing can stop them from getting any of their dreams materialized.
On the fourth day of the congress, election was conducted by the Union's Electoral Commission to elect new executives for the next academic year. At the end of the polls, the following individuals were duly elected into various positions;
President-Elect-  Mr. Ibrahim Abdulla, a student of Africa University College of Communication

🔹 General Secretary-Elect - Ms. Ann Maclean, a student of Marshall University

🔹Treasurer-Elect - Mr. Emmanuel Selassie Amedzor, a student of University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA)

🔹 Co-ordinating Secretary-Elect. -  Mr. Tetteh Djem Bismark, a graduand of Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ)

🔹Women's Commissioner-Elect. Ms. Clara Emefa Asempapa, a student of University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA)

-Programs and Projects Coordinator Elect-  Mr. Wisdom Uwumborkan, a graduate of University College of Management Studies Accra (UCOMS Accra)
🔹Financial Controller Elect-  Mr. Polycarp Opoku-Dwamenah, a graduate of University of Professional Studies, Accra. (UPSA)

Meanwhile, the position of the Press and Information Secretary and International Relations Secretary remains vacant till a bye-election is conducted to fill the vacancy as enshrined in Article 32 (8) of the GUPS constitution.

MY VIRGIN ROMAN SISTER

The door bell rang for three conservative times. So I quickly run from the kitchen to respond to who ever it may be. Oh! Woow it was Sister Esenam the new Roman Sister who has been brought to serve in our parish. She opened her arms wide to embrace me but out of shyness, I couldn't return that warm gesture. I only tried by faking a hag which from her facial expression, I realized it didn't go down well with her.
Hummm Bro Djem you smell very good and I really like it, she exclaimed. I was already leading the way to the hall so she followed and I offered a seat. Sis Ese please what will you care for? I asked. Okay do you mind if I join you in the kitchen? She also quizzed. So I asked her to go into the fridge and help herself. Eiii woow Bro Djem you are a good cook too? She couldn't hide her joy.

I was then busily calculating the Pythagoreans theorem of an "Agushi" stew using a perpendicular axis of eggs and Salmon to solve an equation of a coconut oil rice. The aroma of the stew was so strong that it caused some flies to be in traffic behind the kitchen door for several hours. The same aroma casted a spell on one next door neighborhor (who thought she is the most beautiful and precious lady in the town yet she doesn't know how to even boil water) as though she was possessed to ask why I was making noise with my stew.

Within few minutes, the food was ready and Sis Ese helped to serve, offered her Holy Ghost motivated prayers and then eating begun. While eating, we defiled the concept of table manners and had a very interesting moments of conversation. We had a thorough engagement on how life had faired with each of us in the city before our return to that small town for different reasons and how far with preparations for the induction ceremony next sunday .

Now eating was over so she took over everything that has to do with clean up. Within a bat of an eyelid she was done tidying up the kitchen and arranged the couch in the hall so nicely.
Hmm I wish we could have all day long to ourselves and chat but time would certainly not be friendly to us. She expressed with so much concern as she drew closer towards where I sat opposition her.
Bro Djem please give me a hag before I leave, she said jokingly. This time around I gathered all the gentlemanly features of me and stood upright to welcome her warm chest. She drew near, this time very closer and hagged me.

To my greatest astonishment, she held me by the head and kissed me so deep and whispered into my ears, "Bro Djem I'm sorry but I just couldn't help it, I admired you from the very moment I saw you last two weeks, I always notice you around anywhere with how wonderful you smell, and you are the best I have met so far". She took off her lips which was close to my ears and kissed me over again but this time so deep.
All these while I was as rigid as an emotionless woman, the moment was so great and wonderful like the odoriferous nature of a flower. I really felt the moment because it's been very long time I had such an inexplicable experience.The feeling was so strong and uncontrollable as Hon. Nii Oko's Tractor in a demolishing exercise which can only be halted by Papa J's first warning and snubbing. The last time I remember having a feeling almost close to this was those days when my school mother use to corner me at a friend's room outside campus and indulge me in such a " kissing galore " way back in Senior High School.

As all these thought were running helter-sketer in my mind, she was also busy saying a lot of things which only passes through the windows of my eardrum and vanishes like a shadow in the dark. Now I heard her clearly asking me whether I liked what she did or otherwise, interestingly, this time she didn't call me Bro Djem but she called me "Nana". So I responded in the affirmative only with a wink of my eye.

Now the feeling kept growing stronger and deeper. With my right hand, I held her by the head and she quickly placed my left hand on her waist in a way I could get hold of her beads and butt. Now from below her waist I started playing with her body slowly and I could hear her making some slight interesting " beats". She held me very tight, close to her body. I also drew my lips closer to hers. Before my lips could land unto her very soft "promised land" (lips), I heard an extremely loud voice shouting "Herrr Nana Kwame it's already 7:30am and you are still in bed, won't you be going to church today"????

I woke up from bed quickly aahhh my goodness!!! So it was a dream. It was my grandma who was shouting my name all over the house to wake up and prepare for the induction ceremony for Sis Esenam and our new Parish Priest.
As for how I described my grandma in my head, the least I could say is that " She's a dream Killer". But I wouldn't give up on this because I'm a "dream chaser".

THIS IS THE INTRODUCTORY PART OF A FULL STORY "MY VIRGIN ROMAN SISTER" WRITTEN BY TETTEH DJEM BISMARK (THE MAN IN WHITE)

TETTEH DJEM BISMARK WRITES ON THE PSYCHOPATHOLOGY OF GIJ'S CAMPUS POLITICS

It is not out of place for one to put that a *kilogram* of *experience* can not tantamount a *gram* of  *wisdom.* In the sense that it's one thing having experience in something and another thing having wisdom. One may have experience in something but it will only take *wisdom* to drive the experience to a workable environment. So that's why a lot of people cry to have had experience in the space they occupy yet are described as *incompetent*

I have at least witnessed several political seasons on GIJ campus for four consecutive times (with the current one inclusive). It is however very frustrating with sorrow to notice that this hear electioneering period has been greeted with a lot of dirt, malice, mischief, gross disrespect, abusive use of languages, to mention but few.

Everyone writes to prove a neutral stance in the upcoming elections while making calculated and well thought out attempts to paint others to be black. In actual sense, it is only prudent to put on records that every single *student* ( *perhaps except most final year students*) has an interest (even if not made obvious as others) in this year's campus elections. Unless of course someone convinces me that he/she has no interest because the person in not bordered with *who leads him/her* or *who manages the dues they pay and how/what is been used for.*

However, inasmuch as one may have an interest, it is only wise that we don't in any way allow those interests to *override our thoughts and emotions* .

I have personally witness an instance where a student of a noble institute as ours contemptuously insulting and dragging someone's ( *including the person's parents* ) integrity so the cleaners all in the name of *students politics*. These  circumstances I find very *alarming* and *worrying*. Disrespecting and insulting anyone that come their way forgetting there's life after GIJ's campus politics.

Another bone of contention that generates a lot controversies, thought provoking questions and leaves the younger students generation wondering where *wisdom* had fled to is the issue of *impeachment* ( *impeaching the SRC president* ).
This piece is not to justify either anything of the president or to project those seeking such relief from the *GIJ - Judicial Board* to have defiled any of the *constitutional requirements* as spelt out in *article 16* necessary for carrying out an impeachment process.

Sources have established that the *lead council* for the process is one *Nana Osei Agyekum Barima* who happened to be the *second in command* in the just ended administration (that was taken over by the Madugu-led-administration) with one  *"internal resource person"* as the *"Info service provider "*

According to some critics, Nana Osei's administration performed relatively close to *poor* yet he has had the effrontery to be the *front man* when it comes to creating holes and meddling with the affairs of the current administration just to find mistakes, use them as fuel to engineer his ambitions and finally succeed to creating *students disillusionment* with the SRC.

I for one, I see Nana Osei to be the greatest threat to the current administration. Because from the very beginning of the administration, he has been very active in criticizing almost everything and try to feed people with words of his choice just to make the administration the worst of all time.

*Logically*, it makes no sense to be so busy piloting an impeachment process against someone whose administration is about ending in a *month* time or less. The countless question people ask is *whether the president has committed an offense so mighty as atrocity or child defilement that can not be solved amicably by dialogue?*

Their  major argument is that they want to repair the broken wounds of the SRC......Interesting. This is like saying *you have wound on your leg so you are cutting off the leg to be free or to be standing on a heap of ants to remove those that have climbed you*.... *It just doesn't make any sense at all*

It is indubitable that they have the right right to do so, invariably however, it is equally essential to look at the repercussions this might have on the image of the institute. The *babies with sharp teeth and acidic tongues* who insults anyone who comes their way with due regardless, keep rejoicing that the impeachment is going to be *historical* and be in the school's records. I don't blame them because this is what happens *when one wears the lens of hypocrisy and the helmet of deceit and gross disrespect*

The school's name will surely go down the records but  *certainly not on a good note* and its denouement would be such that such individuals can not anticipate.

For the *Presidential Aspirants* who have signed unto the  *evil Impeachment black sheet* and those who have pretentiously decided not to know about it thinking it's someone else other than you, I just wish you the very best of luck but remember *our elders say if you see an animal on your neighbor, you ask it to stand up from the two of you otherwise when you ask it to stand up from only your neighbor, it will come unto you.*

For Nana Osei and his cohorts who thinks the only best way to resolve an issue is to impeach a *legally elected president*, my heart bleeds for them. *Just SRC you can not cope to address issues with dialogue and you impeaching people, assuming without admitting that you one day become a Minister of State and your government is subjected to perpetual criticisms over corruption, incompetence, high tariffs, misappropriation of the public purse, I'm convinced you will hire the services of boko-haram to flash out the president of the Republic*. ("Anyone whose last resort is impeachment is only a potential terrorist and a coûp d'etat ambassador", a colleague argued).

This is the alarming situation that has bedeviled our beloved institute getting a lot of social media ridicules and placing the school at the ends of national mockery.

I find it difficult to even say *we are the future leaders* as a result of evil practices of our generation but it is not too late to circumvent our ways and write the wrongs. I for one, like many others believe in dialogue and with it, in the words of Martin Luther King Jnr. *we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair*

*When you speak to a child full of wisdom, he understands it in proverbs, our elders say*

This piece was written by *TETTEH DJEM BISMARK ( MAN IN WHITE)* THE EXTERNAL AFFAIRS COMMISSIONER OF GIJ-SRC
WITHOUT ANY FEAR OF INTIMIDATION OR FAVOR.
0245799748
bismarktetteh27@gmail.com

EASTER WITH TETTEH DJEM BISMARK

🌹 *HAPPY EASTER*🌹
Sometimes 2,000years ago, a gentleman came down on earth from His comfortable zone full of glory, might and righteousness.

Not to show off His glories
But to shower us His mercies

On the cross of Calvary He was mocked, maltreated and crucified.

As we mark His Death and atonement for mankind, may we have a solemn reflection of His undeserving Grace and Mercy. And pray for a rejuvenated strength and Holy-Spirit filled life thereinafter while emulating His compassion, great sacrifice and self denial in our quest as Christendom in serving God, Mankind and great Mother Ghana.

#GoodFriday#
#SolemnReflections#

#IamTheManInWhite#

TETTEH DJEM BISMARK (MAN IN WHITE)

*'MAN IN WHITE'👳 IS THE MOST HARD WORKING SRC EXECUTIVE! - STRONGⓂAN💪🏾*

External Affairs hopeful Sampson Afordofe more popular known on GIJ campus as Strong Ⓜan has praised current external affairs Commissioner Bismark Tetteh Djem, also know as Man in White◻ for the outstanding hard work he has show cased during his time in office.

The young charismatic leader who doubles as 👔president of Echo of Leadership - GIJ chapter rained these praising words at his probable predecessor when he took his turn at the ongoing vetting process organized by the Electoral Commission of GIJ.

StrongⓂan believes that the incumbent external affairs commissioner, is the most hardworking personnel in the current SRC executive body.

He added that "Man in White" through hardwork has met the needs of students by introducing the 1⃣passport initiative, 2⃣Birth certificate policy, 3⃣Driving licence and the 4⃣International summit scheduled to take place in South Africa in June.💯

The ExCom hopeful also noted that identifying key needs of the people one serves is an emblem every good leader must hold dear.

He however was quick to criticize the incumbent, 🚫outlining that Bismark failed in giving the external Commission  deserving publicity and transparency.

🗣"I took it upon myself last semester to visit all classes on campus and get to know the External Affairs representatives. Surprisingly, most classes didn't even know who they were. This is a huge issue and it's because the Commission lacks strong publicity and transparency."

He further promised to build an all inclusive strong Commission of given the mandate and also to represent GIJ stronger representation on the external front.

Sampson K. Afordofe is  a level 300 student, current president of Echo of Leadership - GIJ chapter and is vying for position of External Affairs Commissioner in the soon to be held GIJ elections.

© *TNT GIJ ELECTIONS*

PEACEFUL ELECTION 2016

GHANA FOR PEACEFUL ELECTION 2016.

Indeed I have no iota of doubt that Ghana is already swimming in a pool of peace and therefore there is no need to call for another peace, as some critics argue.

These critics find it very strange and more so, can not understand why people should continue preaching peace when there is an already peaceful coexistence among neighbours in the country.

Forgetting that despite the level of water in the sea, it still rains into it. They assumably believe that these cause might rather have the tendency to trigger confusion or public disillusionment.

Due to our attitude as humans, the best way to sustain any good cause of action is by constantly reminding us and continuous practice.

As a nation, we have just few hours to go to poll, to decide, to make or repeat history and to justify to the rest of the world our level of maturity in the practice of democracy.

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Public and Private Organizations and other individuals with support from Star Ghana, the European Union, UKaid and DANIDA have all contributed immensely towards the peace crusade.

It is therefore appropriate on every electorate to compliment the effort of these crusaders by simply adhering to the standard practice of election to entrench the position of the crusaders.

Election is simply going to the poll to exercise your franchise (a constitutionally mandated right), to make a choice, but not an occasion to exhibit to the world how strong we are, not the moment to tell people we have patented violence and crave for war. And even if you feel you are stronger than anyone else, just relax because the next edition of the "Ghana Most Strongest" will commence soon.

My dear brothers and sisters, I love you all and I will want to see you all alive and kicking after 7th December.

So kindly go to the poll on the day of voting, cast your ballots and leave for home peacefully and you can decide to come back after 5:00pm to witness the counting process. That's All !!!!

Remember! Ghana is practicing DemoCRACY but not DemoCRAZY
Let's avoid speeches that do not edify, words that are divisive, languages that would leave the youth wondering were Wisdom had fled to and finally actions that will end us up in the 1979 Mumprugu Yooyo, Cowboy days that I describe as "Rambo Days" in Ghana.

Remember that Voting is your Constitutional Right and Civic Responsibility.
Go out and Vote on Issues.

YOU DECIDE, I DECIDE, TOGETHER WE MAKE A DECISION.

SHALOM!!!!

#IamTheManInWhite#✋🏻
#Iam4PeacefulElection2016#✋🏻

The writer of this piece is the External Affairs Commissioner(Local NUGS & GUPS President) of the Nation's Premier Communication University, Ghana Institute of Journalism.
A brother in the enterprise of Student Activism and a Peace Ambassador.

TETTEH DJEM BISMARK
0245799748
bismarktette27@gmail.com

GIJ IS NEITHER A PUB NOR A HUB

GIJ'S BAN ON MINI-SKIRTS, MY BITE OF THE CHERRY.

I have observed with considerable interest the mixed feelings that has greeted the decision of the management of the nation's premier communication University, the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ)  to place a complete ban on the wearing of shorts or mini-skirts by its students.

This intention was first disclosed by the indefatigable rector of the Institute at its last matriculation which was held on October 3, 2016. Following this announcement, I told myself that this rector wouldn't be spared by the so-called feminists and human rights advocates in our society. Truly, they haven't disappointed.

I have listened to interviews and read a number of pieces authored by these critics, where they sought to take our learned professor to the cleaners for an otherwise innocuous decision meant to restore our moral fibre and bring dignity to the 21st century female student of the nation's premier University of Communications.

They also sought to create an erroneous impression that the GIJ management had an anti-feminist agenda for contemplating this move in the first place. 

Well, some of us consider this criticism as unwarranted and one that can be likened to the change process which were thought by Mr. Frimpong Manso Esq. in his History of Africa and Anthropology classes.

I had been observing passively until a recent article by a writer who for reasons best known to him/her and of course the never aging Oldman in Heaven, and wrote under the psyeudonym 'Nyamewaa' shook my spine and woke my pen from sleep.

I wholly associate myself with the management's decision and will begrudge anybody who chastises them. Indeed, as a Brand Ambassador of GIJ, I am equally concerned about the increasing rate at which our female colleagues, who are supposed to be role models in society, tend to expose their nudity to the public under the pretext of civilisation.

You go exposing your vital organs and in the process, bring down your dignity, and lower the enviable reputation of the school. Creating unnecessary attention to yourself and you call that civilisation? Civilisation indeed! Such moral incongruity is absolutely unacceptable and must not be countenanced at all.

For Nyamewaa, as my brother Mannesseh Azure noted, she had a nice headline but poorly structured content. I have decided not to delve much into the content of the article because I can, by no means relate the Content of the article to the Headline "GIJ students need more grammar lessons than clothes ban".

The content is only a ton of insults attacking management, the Women's Commissioner and the entire GIJ family. She had the effrontery to call this particular decision of  management as "foolish" thinking that it is the best of journalistic standards and practice.

And she forgot to take into cognizance, the fact that GIJ is a professional institution that was established under the clairvoyance of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and therefore her  students must exhibit professionalism in all their endeavours, including their dress code.

We cannot overstate that professionalism is not necessarily showcased in paper work alone but mostly in code of conduct which encapsulates a sense of responsibility, character and decency
The last time I checked, a person is called by the way he/she dress. And I don't think one will be referred to as a professional  if the person dresses like someone going to the club or a night-street worker.

I believe in the power of conscience, so I am hopeful that Nyamewaa will do the honourable thing and apologise to GIJ for her outburst.

I wish to conclude by reiterating in unequivocal terms that, GIJ is neither a pub nor a hub for night workers, but a serious professional institution that is concerned with the enterprise of training, moulding and producing scores of well shaped and cultured Journalists and Public Relations Officers for Socio-Ecomomic and Political development of our country.

I am sure Nyamewaa will be marking my grammar by now.

The writer of this piece is the External Affairs Commissioner of GIJ-SRC and a Concerned Professional Student in the enterprise of Students Activism.

Tetteh Djem Bismark (Man In White)
bismarktetteh27@gmail.com