Asioh Joseph Mawuli, a second-year Bachelor of Arts student at the University of Ghana (UG), has filed a lawsuit against the university’s management concerning the Student Representative Council’s (SRC) elections. This legal action follows the re-entry of hiplife icon Maradona Adjei Yeboah, popularly known as Guru NKZ, into the UGSRC presidential race. Guru had previously filed a petition against the Council’s Electoral Commission after being disqualified from the presidential race.
His disqualification was based on his non-resident status, which violates Article 30. This article mandates that candidates must be campus residents and eligible to contest for a Junior Common Room (JCR) position in their hall. In his writ summons, Mawuli demanded a declaration that the decision by the SRC vetting committee to disqualify Adjei Yeboah Maradona and Emmanuel Owusu Amponsah for failing to meet the qualification requirement under Article 30(1)(a) of the SRC constitution is lawful and binding.
Mr. Mawuli also seeks a declaration that an email sent by the 3rd Defendant, Prof. Gordon A. Awandare, Pro Vice-Chancellor, through the 2nd Defendant, Prof. Rosina Kyerematen, Dean of Students Affairs, UG, to the Electoral Commission and Judicial Board of the SRC, instructing them on how to conduct their affairs, was an attempt to interfere with the independence of the Judicial Board and the Electoral Commission.
