It is quite disheartening that most students find little or no confidence in our student leaders, Student Representative Council. The SRC was instituted to become the very mouthpiece of the whole student populace in various educational institutions, however, while some students find them disfunctioning, others find them inactive at all. Just recently, I had the opportunity to join an SRC asparant’s campaign, moving from halls to halls, hostels to hostels. I vividly remember how a certain lady pragmatically argued that no matter the amount of “sweet” words, she won’t vote. It was a tough blow for this particular asparant, completely confused and heart broken. But why should leaders of the students, by the students and for the students completely be seen as inactive in their office of work?
Apparently, the promises these SRC aspirants use to induce students to vote for them are mostly not feasible. Mostly, the SRC asparants give out promises that makes their fellow students imagine them having “heaven” when the aspirants are voted in. When they are finally voted into office and their promises are not met, students feel they never worked but it might be due to a long channel of administrative work. Students should not therefore hyper their promises they intend to bring on board when aspiring for a position.
Moreover, it is quite rampant that after being elected into their various offices, the vigor and the enthusiasm used in disseminating information during campaigning automatically reduce when they are elected into office. Aaron Goldman once said, “Communicate unto other person that which you would want him to communicate unto you if your positions were reversed”. Communication play a major part in building trust among people and also clarifying misunderstanding. Therefore, our honorable SRC asparants should not break communication with their fellow students even when they are elected into office.
To sum it up, a whole lot of factors contribute to the apathy of Students towards the SRC, but I believe if these two suggestions above are considered, it will help bridge the gap between students loosing hope in the SRC . Thank you
By Felix Agyei Kuffour
LEGON CNN 