Ghanaian musician, Maradona Adjei Yeboah, also known as Guru, has won the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) presidential election at the University of Ghana.
This followed weeks of campaigning, which was fraught with disqualifications, legal battles, and other challenges.
The 'Lapaz Toyota' hitmaker and his running mate, Jeffery Adu-Yeboah secured 50.7% with 9,455 votes.
The elections saw a voter turnout of 18,659.
Last week, the school's Appeals Board unanimously overturned his disqualification which was premised on the fact that he was a non-resident student.
The SRC argued that Guru and another candidate did not satisfy the conditions that qualified them to contest the position.
After a legal tussle, the judicial board confirmed that the grounds for the disqualification were legitimate. As such the musician can not contest in the election.
But in response to the decision, the Vice Dean instructed that the names of the two candidates and their respective running mates be included in the list of presidential candidates.
“You are further, directed to carry out the balloting for all the SRC candidates vetted by the vetting committee on Monday (September 16, 2024), between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon at the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs (ODSA).”
“You are to immediately communicate this to all the candidates to assemble at the premises of the ODSA for the balloting, “ the September 15 letter read.
The letter also directed the school's Electoral Commission to provide the list of candidates and their positions to the University of Ghana's Computer Services (UGCS) after balloting.
Finally, the polls took place today with Guru and his running mate securing 50.7% of the votes with 9,455 votes.
Guru and his administration are expected to steer the affairs of the SRC for the 2024/25 academic year.
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