The United Nations Youth Association-Ghana Minister of Sports and Entertainment, Mr. Noah Yaw Boakye has welcomed his appointment as a member of the Local Organising Committee responsible for the 58th Congress of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS).
In a passionate statement, Mr. Noah Boakye expressed gratitude to God for his faithfulness and mercy and the leadership of the National Union of Ghana Students(Nugs ) particularly the President, H.E. Kyeremeh Oppong Daniel a.k.a KOD for choosing him among the numerous sports experts.
“I thank God for his faithfulness and mercy upon me.
I also thank the leadership of the National Union of Ghana Students (Nugs) led by H.E. Kyeremeh Oppong Daniel a.k.a KOD for choosing me upon the numerous sports experts to serve on the National Union of Ghana Students 58th Congress LOC as the Director of sports.
I receive it in good faith and will do my best with the support of God, other leaders and my loved ones.
I remain the fearless and selfless servant“.
The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) was formed in 1962 and has since had the central aim of protecting the interests of all Ghanaian students both at home and abroad. As such, the union has in successive years taken up various initiatives, projects, and programs to ensure that the student life and experience for the youth in our country is a pleasant one.
The union is a democratic, non-partisan, and progressive mass movement of students, both in Ghana and abroad, championing a common course. We are also committed to advocating for inculcating a high degree of patriotism and nationalism in our students to prepare them adequately for the future of our country.
The highly anticipated 58th Congress of the Union which has been scheduled for the 19th to 22nd of August 2024, is expected to bring together student representatives from across the country to discuss important matters affecting the education system and the welfare of Ghanaian students.
The National Union of Ghanaian Students (NUGS) had its origins in the Union of Gold Coast Students (UGCS) (Angel 1990, 234). The UGCS was one of the affiliated student unions formed in
Commonwealth West African countries in the 1930s through the encouragement of the U.K.-based West African Students Union (WASU) (Ibid.). When Kwame Nkurumah, the first president of Ghana, became vice-president of WASU in 1945, he prodded the UGCS into political activism to ensure British decolonization in West Africa. The UGCS adopted its present name NUGS in 1962.
The National Union of Ghanaian Students “NUGS” has served as one of the most respected,
effective, and hardworking student bodies in all institutions from basic to tertiary education in and outside the country. The NUGS has throughout the years after its inception diligently and efficiently worked on various occasions and issues of concern in and around the country.
The goal of the establishment of the National Union Of Ghana Students then was to dismantle British colonial rule and achieve independence. After independence in 1957, the union adopted its present name the National Union of Ghanaian Students shortened as NUGS in 1962 as it still stands. The current objectives of the NUGS are to discuss student problems, coordinate student activities, and formulate student opinions on matters of mutual concern to students and the nation at large. The National Union of Ghanaian Students, NUGS, became formal after the University of Ghana, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and the University of Cape Coast came together to form a multilevel governance structure for the administration of student affairs at the national level.
The NUGS also advocates inculcating in Ghanaian Students a high sense of responsibility, patriotism, discipline, and as such Nationalism, for all that we all stand for as citizens, the ultimate aim of national development through maximum participation, involvement, and integration. And as such, the history of its representation as opposition with students demonstrating for the release of political detainees and the transfer to a civilian government in 1982.
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The National Union of Ghanaian Students, NUGS, was formed with the vision of championing and spearheading the interest of Ghanaian Students both in Ghana and abroad. The leadership of the NUGS played a key role in the establishment of the following institutions; The National Service Scheme (NSS) and the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GET Fund).
