IF ROMEO WOULD SUCCEED!

Students’ elections for a new batch of student leaders for Ghana Institute of Journalism ended on Monday, 20^th April, 2015; with Romeo Adzah Dorworkpor as winner. He garnered 449 representing 30% of total casted.He was trailed by Miss Stephanie Adenyo,the only female amongst the five contesting candidate with 407 votes, representing 27%.

Elections commenced with the weekend students cast their ballots on the Saturday proceeding.

The President-elect comes to office on the back of numerous promises made. And I must confess the expectation of student is nothing short. Students by now can’t wait to see the promise of accommodation, partnership with NAFTI, online registration and a host of others come to fruition.

But one thing remains certain “if wishes were horse’s beggars wouldn’t only demand for a ride, but absolute ownership” I don’t kind of disbelieve the fulfilment of all these promises. But the reality as it was with previous SRC administrations leaves me with no glimmer of hope.

To be fair with previous administrations, there were all a collection of energetic young looking men and women who obviously might have wished the best for the institute in order to better their chance of future engagements outside the walls of GIJ…but competence and will power are symmetrically apart.

The already two administrations that I have been part of and witnessed, apart the glimpses of their individual leadership potentials, all failed as a team. They only worked with the template the provisions of the GIJ SRC constitution provides byappointing a team of executives, form committees, form a General Assembly of class representatives; organise trips to Ada with an aftermath complaints of poor organisation and finally climax it with one out of purpose, Miss Communicator (FACE OF GIJ). The SRC for long is, in my sincerest of views bereft when it comes to innovation.

It appears that successive SRCs only takedelight in one thing, let’s raise some men and women,and fill the gap of students managerially, but not exactly for the essence of responsible leadership.

Anytime elections are approaching be sure of this promise by the aspirants for the office of women’s commissioner, the Wash room is a mess; but you give me the opportunity, I would give it ultra-modern face uplift. The Unfortunate is we don’t even get any platform to ask them what caused their unfulfilled promise.

Funny enough, these very women’s commissioners are able to drain the now hitting 1 billion figure point SRC coffers of over 30 thousand Cedis for as I earlier on mentioned, the out of purpose, Miss Communicator (FACE OF GIJ). But do you blame them, if well-meaning people like You and I should on any given occasion boycott the ill-talked about pageant which reflects nothing of a communication institution like ours, I don’t it would ever again be considered a priority.

 How fortunate have our leaders become for we have failed to reason.

As it captured in Ola Rotimi’s “God’s are not to blame”, previous SRC leaderships upon occupying that small container, which is nothing near the very cubicle I occupied during my days as an SRC executive at my alma mater “ The Lower Volta University”, become blinded by the meagre opportunities(depending on where you are coming from) their office comes with. They become sort of immersed in the very ills they lashed their predecessors for. They kind of truncate the harmless handshakes that thrust them to office to do things their own way.

But the question is; why did all these SRC administrations fail to glitter? One thing in my estimation has been the reason,the canker named “job for the boys.” I might not offer a clear cut definition for it, but as the argument ensues, you shall better understand what I mean by that. But what would you define this, a certain person A becomes a core member of my administration because he/she was with me through my campaign train. The SRC now needs competent people to undo the numerous student concerns, and that brains can only be attracted with an openness of mind.

It sometimes pathetic how these potential leaders of tomorrow do not spare, but lash out at national leadership when they have the opportunity, but become a replica when given the opportunity to serve.

It a mess I must say!

The SRC is indeed for US all, that’s why anything SRC is our concern. If the soon to be inducted Romeo led administration, then it shouldmy free consultancy on the way forwardto an SRC that reflects students need.

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•         The current President should cast wide his net to attract the best of brains on GIJ to run affairs with him.

• ·         He should consider a merger of other individual policies other team members in their capacities won office with.

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•     He should convince us that he is a man of his own, and not in any way manipulated by any unseen hand.

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•             Students first.

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•             GIJ SRC now is far too big to be run on only IGM, external help would do.

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•              If the now Face of GIJ cannot bring in money instead of becoming a prey on student’s fund, then the concept should be scrapped.

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•            Affairs of GIJ SRC is a system on itself. Therefore, we need brains that understand the system to run it … not the usual job for the boys.

Ending I would say eight months is a relative short period, but as far as you open your administration up to the best, you should attract nothing short of that.

THE BEST FOR GIJ SRC, THE BEST FOR GHANA.

GIJ SRC, Students interest is paramount!