The Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (AAMUSTED) Alumni Association has elected new leaders to steer the affairs of the Association for the next two years.
Prof. Humphrey Danso, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) of AAMUSTED was elected the new President of the Association to climax the Second National Congress of the Association at the Kumasi Campus of the University, on March 29, 2025. He polled 144 “Yes” votes as against three (3) ‘No’ votes in an election in which he was the only candidate.
Dr. George Asante, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Information Technology Education (DITE) of AAMUSTED also won the Vice-President position, beating his contender and incumbent Vice-President, Mrs. Millicent Pimpong, in the process. Dr. Asante polled 106 votes against the 41 managed by Mrs. Pimpong.
The incumbent Organiser of the Association, Mr. Ebenezer Kofi Peprah maintained the position for a second consecutive term, deflecting a fierce attempt by Mr. Elijah Otis Awuni in the process by winning the Organiser election with 92 votes against Mr. Awuni’s 52 votes.
The Secretary and Financial Secretary positions were annexed by Messrs. Immanuel-Best Dabie Kyeremeh and Mr. Derrick Kofi Sarpong, respectively, having contested for the positions unopposed.
Prof. Danso gracefully accepted the responsibility to lead the Alumni Association, promising to work hard with the other executives to push forward the frontiers of the Association.
He commended the outgoing executives for having played their role in the development of the Association. He acknowledged that the beginnings of everything is often a difficult task. He noted that the new executives would receive the baton and continue from where the old executives had reached to ensure the success of the Association.
As new Executives, he observed that they would need members to rally behind them, ready to volunteer ideas, and their services for the development of the Association.
“If you were offended in any way in the course of the electioneering, I appeal to every member to forgive so that we can immediately bury our differences and forge ahead in unity,” the President-elect said.
The Second National Congress was under the theme – “Addressing Unemployment in Ghana, Role of the AAMUSTED Alumni.”
The Main speaker for the Congress was Prof. Charles Baba Campion, a recently retired staff of AAMUSTED, and now Acting President of the Regent-Trofen University College at Bongo in the Upper East Region.
Other speakers were the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Isaac Boateng, who welcomed members of the Association on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Frederick Kwaku Sarfo; the Dean of the Faculty of Technical Education (FTE), Prof. Emmanuel Appiah-Kubi, and the Director of Research, International Programmes and Institutional Advancement (DRIPIA), Prof. Ebenezer Bonyah
