Felix Donkor to contest for UEW SRC Presidency [+Profile]

Mr. Felix Donkor, a former Secretary and Coordinator of the Teacher Trainees’ Association of Ghana (TTAG) for Western and Central (WEC) Sector now Western/Central and Western/North has declared his intention to contest for Students’ Representative Council (SRC) President of the University of Education, Winneba main campus.

Felix Donkor popularly known as “ABRANTE3” made his intention known to Coverghana.com.gh through his campaign manager Mr. Benyingi Emmanuel to join this year’s SRC Presidential race.

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The selfless, sacrificial, proactive, humble, strategic, experienced, development oriented and one time committed students leader who wants to lead the students front at the University of Education, Winneba is currently a level 200 student from the Department of English Education at the University and come to you with a ready mind and hopeful to serve students in the capacity of SRC president.

In a declaration of intent statement, Felix Donkor said, “We are living in an unprecedented time with extraordinary living conditions that are compelling us to strive beyond all that is normal. In many ways we have had to settle for less and limit our expectations as a people. But in difficult times comes the need to answer the all-important call to select men and women who can be entrusted with the responsibility of acting on behalf of majority.”

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“All too soon, another opportunity has presented itself for us to make our voices heard. The time has come to translate our desires and aspirations into realities through the power of the thumb. Undoubtedly, our student front as far as the affairs of the SRC has become unpopular due in part to the challenges the various leaders have faced as they do all they can to overcome the seemingly insurmountable problems we face in this institution as students.” He said.

According to him, many of us have lost faith in an SRC administration for obvious reasons that do not need mentioning, however, we humans have the quality of being resilient in the sight of failures and setbacks. He strongly believe that they have not lost hope entirely in their collective bargaining power which he intends to wield in seeking for the fulfilment of our mutual goals.

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He indicated that, the decision to step out and carry the mandate of serving students comes after two years of being on campus and making critical observations about the needs of students and what they all hold to be pressing among those necessities. “I think the time has come for us to set our priorities right and bring on board all the innovations we have hitherto known by intuitions to be possible by our collective efforts. I agree with Thomas S. Monson that “the mantle of leadership is not the cloak of comfort, but the robe of responsibility”.Felix Donkor explained.

A BRIEF LEADERSHIP PROFILE OF FELIX DONKOR

Mr. Felix Donkor has had the privilege to serve in various capacities at the forefront of student welfare over the years with a rich experience to learn from.

In no particular order, mention can be made to the following times and periods where he had the honour of serving his fellow students:

In High School (Kumasi High School), he served as The House Prefect for Sefa Boakye House for the 2012/2013 academic year. In the same period, he was elected to the position of Vice president of the Catholic Students Union.

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While in college (Wiawso College of Education) , he had the honour of serving in the capacity of SRC Secretary for the 2014/2015 academic year. Felix Donkor was also the Secretary for the Association of Catholic Teacher Trainees (ACTT) in the period in question.

He equally doubled as the ‘Odikro’ for the National Union for Sefwi Students as well as serving as the Entertainment Committee Rep for Hart Hall in 2014/2015.

Without doubt, these were periods of intense service to his colleagues and he cannot put in words the immensely rich experiences he had while handling the above responsibilities. And as one would expect, the outstanding performances in the above-mentioned portfolios garnered attention from well-meaning bodies to reward his efforts. Notable among these was the recognition as the Most Effective Prefect for the SRC 2014/2015 of Wiawso College of Education.

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In the line of duty as a teacher trainee, Felix Donkor had the privilege of serving as Secretary for the Teacher Trainees’ Association of Ghana Western and Central sector now Western/Central and Western/North in 2015/2016.

Subsequently, he was elected the Coordinator of the association in that same sector serving in the periods of 2016/2017. While in this role, he became a key member of the Electoral Commission of the Association (TTAG) and served as the Secretary at the national front and Chairman for the aforementioned sector for the 2016/2017 electoral activities.

All the while, he was a trusted member of the National Executive Council of the Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG) from 2015 to 2017.

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Currently, he holds the position of General Course Rep for his year batch (level 200) in the Department of English Education of the University of Education Winneba. In Mr. Donkor’s current position, he has seen how the long years of actively serving students contribute to his success in how he handles and manage various group and individual concerns that militate against our stay on campus.

The UEW SRC Presidential Hopeful also served briefly as Deputy Electoral Commissioner for the Department of English Education’s student association in the last UEW SRC elections.

He is highly optimistic about the feat they are yet to achieve with him as your leader. Felix Donkor has become resolute in the conviction that, they are about to see the best years of UEW SRC.

He humbly implore you therefore to join forces with and rally support behind me, even as he declare his intention today. “Come one, come all, for the future belongs to us. Let us make the decision to work together and push our dreams forward. I know the journey has just started, but I can already feel the breeze of change blowing our hopes up and pointing us in the direction we have set our minds to go.” He said.

“#Let’sWinTogether #Abrante3MustCome

OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE & FOR THE PEOPLE

SOURCE: Coverghana.com.gh