16/07/2026
Recogitating .........
I think I should begin thus....
In less than 24 hours, we will all get to know my would-be successor.
It will be the grand finale of the exciting & eventful preliminaries that has lasted for some weeks now.
This takes me into a journey of reflection, rehashing and introspection, as I relive those moments of a little more than a annum ago.
Prior to this, I had never assumed any political position or office before, not by appointment or by election.
However, there was this passion budding gradually inside me and the fire was ignited when this vision was birthed "FINSTAB".
I desired, Jehovah endorsed.
I emerged the "FINANCIAL SECRETARY OF THE 31ST STUDENTS' UNION.
I love to call this major milestone of my life a "quantum leap" because nobody saw me coming, no incipient signs or foreknowledge...... (Just as esoteric as the Melchidezek story).
The major catch points of my story are thus :
- I became the first female to emerge as the SUG FINANCIAL SECRETARY in a very long while (it is a male dominated office).
- I became the first student of my faculty, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies to clinch this lofty position.
- I emerged not just as a female in a male dominated position but also without being a student of Faculty of Management Sciences who are known for claiming to own and always producing candidates for this office annually.
- There is no treasurer in the 31st Students' Union even when it was statutorily provided for in the constitution at the time I contested. This means that I have to fill the vacancy and act in the stead of the Union's treasurer too. Doubled responsibility.
- I was not my predecessor's favourite candidate, I was not supposed to succeed him.....
- Lastly, I never had an actual nadir, I just ascended to the apex or zenith......
There are more but I just want to pinpoint the above in relation to the context of this text.
I do not know yet who my would-be successor will be, whether male or female. However if it is a female, I will be very proud for giving her a trailhead, for refusing to quail, flinch or shrink when I was threatened that I was not gonna win because I am a female and I am not a student of Faculty of Management Sciences.
I never allowed pusillanimity and cowardice to drown my ambition, I was obstinately tenacious, audacious and indefatigable about what I wanted.
I stayed dogged, indomitable, unwavering and dauntless till the very end.
There is a footprint to run on, I made sure to create that, a trailblazing and trendsetting one...
I can't be less prouder.
If you successfully read to this point, I can be very sure that you have had one or more lessions to learn and be encouraged. I have to drop my pen now. Look forward to reading me sooner...
COMR. KUDOMOABASI UKPONG, OTR.
FINANCIAL SECRETARY, 31ST STUDENTS' UNION.
