SRC Presidential hopeful Bayor Yeldidong Raymond sits down with blog chief Akyereko Frimpong Manson at the SRC Media Center for a wide-ranging interview, his first since appearing before the Vetting Committee.
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| Mr Bayor Raymond Yeldidong speaks about his vision for the Institute |
GIJ2012: Bayor Raymond Yeldidong thank you very much for joining us on 'The Interview'.
BRY: Thank you sir.
GIJ2012: I will like to begin by asking you how you saw the entire vetting processes and how you responded to the committee's questions.
BRY: The entire vetting processes was very revealing. To be very honest I was enthused by fact the vetting committee very decorous in its approach to the entire process. As I said it was expected to bring out our sterling qualities to the fore. It brought out the best in us and I'm very convinced about that the fact that campaign has been declared and all of us have been declared eligible to enter into the race it means that we have the that we have acquitted ourselves ahead of the battle.
GIJ2012: Election are due for May after the Vetting Committee declared you eligible to contest and the politics is gathering momentum, how do you assess the mood of the students ahead of the election later this month?
BRY: Normally when you are dealing with voter attitude it is very fluid. Sometimes the impression you make based on interpersonal engagement with the individual might not truly be the situation down their heart but we are quite bullish, we are convinced that this process will end on a good note and hopefully we will win.
GIJ2012: One particular area that has generated a lot of interest among voters about your campaign is your running mate, he is already into the media and all that. What speciality does your running mate bring on board because we have seen from the when Vice Presidents come and they are missing from the scene after being voted into power.
BRY: Yeah indeed leadership is a collective responsibility and my running mate will complement my effort so that we can give students of this Institute leadership that is truly deserving. I think that he is a young man just like me except that he is on radio. I have absolute confidence in his ability to deliver.
Giving the fact that he is on radio, he has assess to the cream de la cream of the Ghanaian entertainment industry and you will realise that entertainment has been perennial problem for the good student of this school and we think it is time we start taking steps that will seek to give the faith of entertainment a phase-lift.
I that has been one of the trump card and I also think that he is well connected to Ghana's corporate industry and I think that it is time we embrace the kind of leadership that will think out of the box.
We must begin to overlook our organic sources of income and when I say this I'm referring to the dues that are aggregated at the semester fees to other sources of raising resources at the corporate level and I think that he has a very admirable strength around those areas.
GIJ2012: Looking ahead, you are obviously targeting areas that you want to improve when you get into office. The last time I heard you talking about the school's website and other important projects for the institute. What are your priority areas when you are voted into office?
BRY: Indeed! The reason why we are interested in taking the position of leadership is because we share a collective passion; a passion that seeks to ameliorate the situation that we have on this campus. The passion that seeks to inspire students to greater heights.
The challenges that we have here are too well known. The cast of the issue is how we can idea solutions to the mile of problems that confront our students. I think one of the most important issues that will engage our attention if we are privilege to have consent and support of students in this school is the issue of the radio.
You know we are all communications student and you will realise that our curriculum is so broad that it encapsulates issues that have to do with journalism and mainstream public relations. You are trained to be a journalist and by your second or third year if you don't know what it means to deal with the console, you don't know how to speak into the mic, I don't think that is a very impressive situation.
So I think that one of the most important issues we intend to pursue in the immediate after-mouth that if we are lucky to be given the nod, is to pursue rigorously the issue of the radio station. I'm told the equipments have been procured but we need to take steps to as a matter of urgency see to the installation of those equipments.
The last part of 'The Interview with Mr Yeldidong will be released early next week.
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