Dancehall Artiste, Emmanuel Andrews Samini, widely known in the music industry as Samini has been elected as the 2022/2023 President of the Students Representative Council (SRC) at GIMPA.
The ‘Linda’ hitmaker polled 307 votes to win the election against his contender, Theophilus Quartey who got 211 votes.
According to him, the victory comes as a huge relief, promising to make students’ welfare his priority.
“It’s a relief. It feels good to finally come to the end of this,” Samini told the media after the declaration of results. “It’s been a quite tensed couple of weeks and I wasn’t looking at this like a landslide.”
“I knew that if I sat back and enjoyed old glory it could surprise me. So, I had to come on the ground and be like every other regular student who is soliciting for votes,” he added.
Congrats to the Gimpa SRC President and Vice President Elect @samini_dagaati #Samini #Gimpa #Mabel pic.twitter.com/bKsRI0PRoD
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Speaking on the GTV Breakfast Show earlier, Samini stated that he will use his personality to solicit funds for the institution since the SRC has financial constraints.
”As an artiste and entertainer and what I am used to in terms of soliciting funds to support their projects. I know what I can do if I take charge and sacrifice myself or bring myself to serve and be part of how we can raise more, someone who is not that loud on social media space,” he said.
Samini said he has been an ambassador for many brands including MTN and more recently FBN Bank hence he believes it would help him knock on doors to make way for change in the school.
Congratulations Samini and Mabel!
