President of the National Union of Ghana Students’ (NUGs), Tinkaro Asare Osei has been appointed by the Commonwealth Students’ Association to be the representative of the Association in Ghana.
The Commonwealth Students Association (CSA) unifies and embodies the needs and aspirations of national student councils and other student organisations in the Commonwealth.
It was launched in 2012 at the 18th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (18CCEM) in Mauritius, where student leaders gathered to make recommendations on the current issues in education and strengthen their role in the Commonwealth’s education sector.
The main aims of the CSA are ‘to promote unity among student organisations in Commonwealth countries; to protect the rights of Commonwealth students and to contribute actively to the development of student movements; and to create an environment for student unions and student movements to build their respective and collective capacities, to freely express and advocate’.
It plays an instrumental role in the planning of the Commonwealth Students Congress, the largest gathering of students across the Commonwealth.
Tinkaro Asare, President of NUGS in a short statement on his Facebook wall stated that ” He is delighted with the new responsibility and mandate to serve as the Ghana ‘s representative to the Commonwealth Students Association and gives glory to God for the favour and also to Miss. Eleanor Klinogo, Africa and Europe Representative of the Commonwealth Youth Council and Comrade Marwan Umar Gwamba, Africa and Europe Representative of the Commonwealth Students Association for the opportunity to serve and again to all students of Ghana for their continuous show of love and support.
“My duty as a Country Representative will be to lead national projects and represent the interests of the CSA amidst students in Ghana,work at contributing to enhancing the welfare, amplify the voice and protecting the rights of students working hard for a brighter future.
I will be engaging with National Students organisations in Ghana and Students Unions to defend the right of Students through legal means and also to implement the objectives of CSA” – Tinkaro Asare Osei, Ghana’s representative to the Commonwealth students Association stated
Mr. Asare Osei envisages one of his duties will be to bring the tenets and principles of the Commonwealth Students Association for students across Ghana, create the necessary opportunities for and to get them informed with all opportunities that comes with it.
According to him, he intends to ensure every university in the country has a competent representative to propagate the idea of the Commonwealth Students’ Association and to advocate and promote better living conditions and a quality life.
