This year’s Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology’s Students Representative Council election will have a total of 15 persons vying for various offices.
The portfolios include President, General-Secretary, Financial Secretary and Women’s Commissioner.
Although there is a gender imbalance with respect to those vying for the four available offices, ultimately the election will see two women elected for the office of General Secretary and Women’s Commissioner, with the men taking the position of President and Financial Secretary.
This is because all the nine (9) men contesting in the election are either going for the Presidential office or the position of Financial Secretary with the six (6) women in the race vying for either General Secretary or Women’s Commissioner.
Although none of the available offices is reserved for a particular gender, recent trends in KNUST elections see men taking over the President and Financial Secretary offices, and the women battling for General Secretary and Women’s Commissioner.
In the Presidential race, Michael Abuah, DSK Acquah Jnr and Frank Owusu have been considered as the leading candidates.
The 2021 KNUST SRC election is scheduled for Wednesday, July 14.
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