Nana Opoku Ware, son of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, has been elected as the Student Representative Council (SRC) President of the Ghana School of Law (GSL) for the 2025/2026 academic year.

The 2024 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) law graduate secured victory in a competitive election held on April 29 and 30, 2025, winning the majority of votes in two of the four GSL campuses.

Results indicate that Nana Opoku Ware polled a total of 671 votes, out of the 1,907 valid votes cast.

His closest contender, Festus Tetteh Matey, secured 527 votes, followed by Michael Obiri-Adjei with 379 votes, Benjamin Offei-Addo with 278 votes, and Emmanuella Tetteh-Ashong with 52 votes.

At the UPSA campus, Nana Opoku Ware garnered 184 votes, edging out Obiri-Adjei (176 votes), Matey (108 votes), Offei-Addo (100 votes), and Tetteh-Ashong (28 votes).

On the KNUST Kumasi campus, he secured 184 votes, significantly ahead of Matey (51 votes), Offei-Addo (50 votes), Obiri-Adjei (20 votes), and Tetteh-Ashong (3 votes).

At the GIMPA Greenhill campus, he polled 109 votes, trailing Matey (155 votes), while Obiri-Adjei, Offei-Addo, and Tetteh-Ashong received 91, 63, and 3 votes, respectively.

At the Accra Main (Makola) campus, Matey led with 213 votes, followed by Nana Opoku Ware led with 194 votes, Obiri-Adjei (92 votes), Offei-Addo (65 votes), and Tetteh-Ashong (18 votes).

Nana Opoku Ware, a prominent student leader and founder of the Nana Opoku Ware (N.O.W.) Foundation, is known for his philanthropy.

His foundation has provided scholarships for underprivileged students, paid academic fees for 27 needy KNUST students in the 2023/2024 academic year, supplied clean drinking water to communities in Ejisu and Lake Bosomtwe, repaired damaged lecture hall furniture, and introduced Starlink internet connectivity across GSL campuses.

The election, conducted across GSL’s four campuses, Accra Main (Makola), UPSA, Greenhill, and KNUST, saw over 2,300 students from Part 1, Part 2, and post-call programs vote to elect the SRC president and other officers, including vice presidents for each campus, general secretary, organising secretary, treasurer, and five congresspersons per campus.

Nana Opoku Ware succeeds Daniel Otting Awuah, the former SRC President, and is expected to lead the SRC in advocating for student welfare, improving campus infrastructure, and fostering academic excellence.

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