Africa’s Continental Student Body, AASU Elects New Executive Members

By Iliya Kure

Pan African Student body, All-Africa Students Union (AASU), has elected new executives to lead the Union over the next four years.

The election which held between 20^th – 22^nd December, 2021 at the 13th Elective Congress of the union was held at Kibi, republic of Ghana.

A statement by AASU’s Head of Research and Communications, Elorm Mawuli Kwawu, made available to AFRICA PRIME NEWS, says 38 countries participated in the congress – 19 attended physically, the rest virtually.

According to the statement, the election was organized by the Electoral Commission of AASU in strict compliance with AASU’s constitutional provisions.

“The elections were observed and supervised by representatives from the Electoral Commission of Ghana and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ghana,” it said.

The statement added that, “the newly elected executives reiterated their commitment to enhance the cause of students on the continent”.

Those elected were:

1. President – Varney Alieu Jarsey – Liberia
2. Secretary General – Peter Kwasi Kodjie – Ghana
3. Deputy Secretary-General – Juliet Tsepang Khumalo- Lesotho
4. Secretary for Gender and International Relations – Angel Mbuthia – Kenya
5. Secretary for Education and Students Rights-Emad Ahmed Nasir Abu Isnyna – Libya
6. Secretary for Finance and Administration Eustache Ndayisaba- Rwanda
7. Secretary for Press and Information- Ajavon Kokoe Vanéssa Augustine – Togo

Regional Vice Presidents;

1. El Hadj Hussein Tapily – Cote D’ Ivoire – Vice President for West Africa
2. Esther Ndeme Assiene – Cameroon – Vice President for Central Africa
3. Misheck Kakonde – ZAMBIA – Vice President for Southern Africa
4. Mohamedali Abbobaker Mohamed Elsafi – Sudan – Vice President for East Africa
5. Moustapha Sidi – Mauritania – Vice President for North Africa.

Other Executive Committee Members;

1. Ericson Ocanté Ié – Guinea-Bissau- West Africa Executive Committee Member
2. Mpaki Sah Phalek Schadrak – Gabon – Central Africa
3. Tlotlo Madisa – Bostwana – Southern Africa Executive Committee Member
4. Gerard Musabanganji – Burundi – East Africa Executive Committee Member.

AASU, the umbrella organization for all students in Africa, with presence in 54 African Countries is headquartered in Ghana. It was formed in 1972 to among others, organise all students on the continent – from the basic level to Institutions of higher learning.

The seven strategic priorities of AASU are Education & Students Rights, Capacity Building, Gender Advocacy, Environment & Climate Action, Pan-Africanism & African Culture, Migration & Mobility, Democracy & Good Governance.