PUSAG Congratulates Mr. Isaac Adjin Bonney on his IDEA Appointment.

A letter dated April 27, 2020, signed by the Secretary-General of IDEA, Dr Kevin Casas-Zamora and copied to Mr Johannes Heller, the Chairman of the Finance and Audit Committee reads ‘I would like to inform you that the Council of Member States of the International for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, during its 16th Extraordinary Session held on 23 April 2020, has appointed you to serve as a Member of the Finance and Audit Committee for the period of I July 2020 to 1 July 2023.

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is an intergovernmental organization that supports sustainable democracy worldwide. This year they celebrate their 25th Anniversary as a body.

He currently is with the Ministry of Inner-Cities and Zongo Development as the Head of the Internal Audit Directorate after working at the National Cardiothoracic Centre from 2014 – 2019.

He also lectured full time at Graduate School of Management, Abidjan and part-time at Institut Britannique de Management et de Technology (IBMT-Côte d’Ivoire) and Institut Universitaire d’Abidjan (IUA). 

A proud Academician (Bleoobi) with the Bleoo ’96 year group of Accra Academy.

He graduated from Valley View University in 2004, with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and proceeded further in 2008 to pursue a Master’s Degree in Finance and Accounting at the British Institute of Management and Technology, Côte d’Ivoire. 

He has over sixteen (16) years of professional experience in accounting, internal controls, auditing, finance and taxation.

Mr. Adjin Bonney is a founding member of PUSAG 2002 to 2004 and first Media Executive Officer now Media Relations Officer 2003 to 2004. He currently is the Convenor of PUSAG Alumni. He’s also recognised in professional bodies like Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICAG), Institute of Internal Auditors Ghana and Global (IIA), Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), International Institute of Certified Forensic Investigation Professional (IICFIP), Institute of Public Accountants-Australia (IPA), Institute of Financial Accountants-UK (IFA) and recently inducted via zoom into the Institute of Directors-Ghana (IoD-Ghana). 

Not only is he a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana but also the Coordinator of all the District Societies of ICAG. Locally, also he doubles as the General Secretary of Ga North District Society of ICAG.

The Private Universities Association of Ghana congratulates you on your appointment and wishes you well as you help in advancing democracy worldwide, as a universal human aspiration and an enabler of sustainable development, through support to the building, strengthening and safeguarding of democratic political institutions and processes at all levels.

Your commitment to work, expertise and engagement in the committee’s work will benefit and help strengthen the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) programmes. 

Dominion University suspends SRC Week et al…

THE Press Release

The Dominion University College has suspended SRC Week Celebrations following the confirmation of cases of coronavirus in Ghana.

In a memo signed by the SRC President of the university said: “All Lectures have been suspended by the Management of the University until further notice.

Meanwhile, Ghana has recorded four more new cases of the Novel Coronavirus bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to six.

Two of the individuals returned to the country from the United States last week, the Director of public health at the Ghana Health Service (GHS) Dr Badu Sarkodie stated at a press briefing in Accra Sunday.

He also disclosed that among the two other new cases which to light on Saturday is a student of a university who had been in contact with 12 people.

The other is resident in Obuasi in the Ashanti region. Dr. Badu Sakordie noted all the six cases are in stable condition and are being monitored.

The Government has also announced a total travel ban for passengers who have been to countries where over 200 cases of the virus have been confirmed.

Ghana on Thursday, March 12, confirmed two cases of the deadly virus. One of the infected persons is a Norwegian diplomat in Ghana, while the other is a Ghanaian who returned from Turkey.

So far the Coronavirus scourge has infected over 125, 000 people globally killing over 5000 people. However, over 60,000 people have also recovered from the infection.

KNUST TO CANCEL MID-SEM EXAMS DUE TO CORONAVIRUS.

Some students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have taken to social media to get management to postpone their Interim Assessments over concerns of COVID-19.

According to some of the students, it will only be right if the authorities of the school, in an attempt to curb the coronavirus, cancel their mid-semester exam.

Trending with the hashtag #cancelKNUSTmidsem, some of them said since Ghana reported two cases, they have been championing social distancing policy, hence the need to call off the exam.

Credit: https://www.adomonline.com/knust-students-want-their-mid-semester-exam-cancelled-over-coronavirus/

DUC-SRC EMINENCE AWARDS SLATED FOR MARCH 19th, 2020.

The 2nd edition of the prestigious Dominion University College SRC Eminence Awards has been slated for Thursday, March 19, at the DUC Hall/Auditorium on the Spintex Road.

The awards ceremony will be live nationwide on Facebook on the official DUC-SRC account according to the organizers.

Even though there has been lots of controversies after the release of the categories for the awards, organizers of the awards, have stated that they expect this year’s edition to be better than the maiden edition organized in 2017.
New and very interesting categories have been introduced into this years Awards ceremony and it’s all in line to acknowledge students and staff of the school who are doing well in various fields.

The Private University Students Association of Ghana are involved in making this edition of the Eminence Awards a succeful one.

Dominion University College wins BIG at the 2nd Edition of PUSAG Awards.

Dominion University College (DUC) over the weekend was adjudged The Best Theology School at the Private University Students Association of Ghana Awards 2019(PUSAG).

The Awards Ceremony which happens to be the 2nd Edition took place in Koforidua at the All Nations University College after the 13th Annual PUSAG Congress from the 3rd – 6th of October, 2019.

The year’s awards event was on the theme: “Celebrating Excellence,Inspiring Greatness“ as organized by the Private University Students Association of Ghana in collaboration with Means Media is which is geared towards recognizing and appreciating the efforts and the contributions of the various member institutions, senators, members of the alumni and personalities for their contributions towards society and the growth of private universities and the nation at large.

The Theology School of Dominion University College has proven to be best when it comes to the theological practice, teaching staff, influence, etc. the reason it was adjudged as the Best Theological School at the awards ceremony.

Also, Ms. Joyce Asumah, a student from DUC managed her way through 7 other competitors to grab Student Activist of the Year.

Dominion University College is gradually becoming a household name when it comes to Tertiary Education.

THE INVOLVEMENT OF CHIEFS IN GHANAIAN POLITICS: DOOM FOR THE NATION.

By Mr. Benedictus Dogbe.

The tsunami wave of chieftaincy in the country is becoming a dark cloud that if not taken care of will become a national disaster we cannot contain. Chiefs are chosen by their subjects in their various communities to represent, lead and guide them in their various activities and are restricted in involving in national politics.

The rising of chiefs in accusing political gurus, leaders and members of various parties for what they commit or did not commit as well as political members referring to the chiefs the way it shouldn’t be in this country is gradually becoming the normof the day and can lead to a serious danger.

These happenings are raising tension in the country and can lead to tribal conflict or national conflict.

The ministry of chieftaincy was instituted by a legislative instrument with a whole chapter in the constitution of the Republic of Ghana dedicated to it and has its own powers to handle and direct issues about chiefs but has become a white elephant in these issues.

Chiefs are opinion leaders in our various communities and whatever they say or do have a way of impacting positively or negatively on the community as well as the nation. The communities we found ourselves itself is divided into political affiliations and people may not belong to the party the chief belongs to even within the chieftaincy itself.

Trust of the citizens in these opinion leaders will faint and laws taken into one’s hand. It is therefore not surprising to hear the killing and assassination of chiefs in the country.

Gone are those days that even courts rule and the chiefs overturn the ruling and it is final. These days, chiefs have sold their conscience to politicians hence making the politicians to detect to the community rulers.

When the opinion leaders are seen openly in bed with politicians, leading or sit idle for its folks to demonstrate, attack and say negative things against the politicians that are elected by the masses and to represent the nation but not the community, their dignity and respect of their throne is at stake.

The elders says ‘the man that brings an ant infected firewood home should be ready to entertain the lizard’

We cannot say the chieftaincy institutions have lost it all because there are various initiatives some of these chiefs engaged in and are helping to shape their communities and lives as well. As one bad nut destroys the others so is the bad nuts tarnishing the good earned image of the good ones.

For this reasons among other things the chieftaincy institution must be decorum in handling issues and try as much as other reasons to restrict itself from involving in open politics.

The house of chiefs has the mandate to re – establish its status, core value and mandate in the regions as well as the nation at large that will command respect for itself and re-establishes it.

The house of chiefs must try to put measures in place that will in many things restrict its members from involving itself directly in politics and call their subject to order.

The chiefs should be made to summon their subjects to the house and made to render apology if the need be so that this issues will not destabilize and put the nation in jeopardy.

Tribal conflict and ethnic wars have their roots like this and the leadership of the house of chiefs should quickly calm this tension among themselves to save our dear nation before we start appointing accusing fingers at them.

‘The elder that sits home and watch the children eat python will be counted among python eaters when the role is called.