Students Representative Council (SRC) Candidate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(KNUST), Delali Setugah Forgive, has considered a policy in her manifesto that will allow female students in the University work while they study. The policy seeks to help students work on a part-time basis to help them earn some money to ease their financial burdens.
Speaking to Thriller News GH after reading her Manifesto, the SRC women’s commissioner candidate explained that women have been and still an integral part of societal development. It is of this sense that she intends to adopt the work-study policy and other schemes that will ease students financial burden which will contribute growth and development.
“The quest to improve upon the lives of female students requires an increase in the number of females in the work and study initiative to provide an extra income stream and also build a strong career baseline for the betterment of life. Engagements have been made with certain companies to recruit female students in KNUST who are willing to participate in the work and study policy, part of her manifesto read.
In furtherance of this objective, other policies have been captured in her manifesto.
According to Delai Setugah Forive; “Entrepreneurship hub is a platform that will give entrepreneurship-minded students of KNUST the opportunity to showcase their business ideas to determine the commercial and economic viability and feasibility. Such students will be financially supported to start their business. These cohort of people will go through business training which will equip them with the knowledge needed to flourish in business. If the business is already set up and needs support, it will be supported to become milky.”
The SRC Wocom Candidate also outlined in her policy the introduction of “Aketesia Fund”. According to her, “the KBN and Bursary over the years have been of tremendous help to students and this cannot be underestimated but rather improved upon. My little and yet detailed research has equipped me with information that only about 15% of female students benefit from them. This is partly due to the overwhelming formalities and scrutinizing and also partly due to lack of knowledge about them. The Aketesia fund will be established to compliment the KBN and Bursary and will be made for female students with zero stress and frustration in accessibility.”
Miss Delali has also promised to expand the food bank policy introduced by the immediate past SRC women’s commissioner.
“The food bank which stands in for SDG’s one and two served a great deal yet to a few student and hence is a legacy that needs to be maintained and improved upon. More sponsorship will be sought from companies and also money from the SRC coffers will be invested into it to secure abundant items to serve the majority student populace. The policy will be decentralized to the various college women’s commissioners for Easy access by the students, she explained.”
Among other things, Delali has also expressed her concern about off campus security and how she intends to solve it when voted into power.
“Life off campus for my dear ladies is more often than not an endangering one. The alarming issues and complains of rape, assault, theft and other life-threatening occurrences make me sick in the stomach. I have made a pledge to establish the office of the Women’s commission a trusted and authentic body that will fight and protect all ladies under the umbrella of KNUST. The commission will liaise with hostel facility managers and the university management to install CCTV cameras within their facility perimeters to serve as a watchdog that will deter predators from harming students and more importantly, ladies who cannot defend themselves. Deserted roads will be lightened up with street lights with patrol security men to protect students. Dear students, during Delali’s term in office, you do not need to be gripped with fear walking to your hostel from Nana Adomaa to Frontline.”
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