KNUST SRC: Parliament Commissions A Six Member Committee To Review The TekTalk Blunder

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KNUST SRC Parliament 
The KNUST SRC Parliament has commissioned a six member committee to investigate the 5th Anniversary of TekTalk held some weeks ago which sparkled a lot of controversies.

The SRC President, Master Adu Baah Charles after witnessing the program pledged to set up a committee to investigate the poor performance of the team that organized the program through the SRC parliament. The six parliamentary select committee which will be headed by Hon A.K Harry have a maximum time frame of a week to present a detailed report before parliament. Their names were given as;

Hon. A.k Harry - President for CABESA
Hon. Daniel Tetteh - Campus MP
Hon. Esther Sevor
Hon. Kwame Temeng
Hon. Ama Tetebea - General Secretary for CoHSS
Hon. Victory Oyet - General Secretary for ISA

SCOPE OF THE PROBE
The scope of their duty is to conduct an intense review on the recent organized Tek-Talk program and controversies surrounding it. The commitee has the subpoena powers to invite witnesses and SRC appointees who may have direct knowledge of the organization of the program. The recommendations of the committee will be paramount and sanctions can be imposed on respectively. The scope is limited to the SRC president and he is immune from any subjections to the committee. The recommendations should lead to guidelines for future Tek-Talk and all SRC organized programs and the way forward

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FAST FORWARD
This year’s TekTalk was the 5th Anniversary of TekTalk, an empowerment program which was initiated by Boakye Nyamekye Isaac (BNI), KNUST SRC President in 2015 since then the program has been adopted and repeated for the subsequent years. Last year’s edition was graced by Former President Jerry John Rawlings and media star Nana Aba Anamoah.

This year’s edition however with all its expectations turned out to be something different that no one dreamt of. The program totally flopped which caused a lot of mixed feelings with a section of the students raising several allegations against the organizers for such a poor service done. Some also made mention of some huge sums of amounts that went into it. It all started as non of the guest speakers showed up for the program including the Honorable Minister for information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah and media guru Kwame Sefa Kayi. This caused for the organizers to make late provisions to fit the occasion however students didn’t appreciate the gesture.

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