A healthy mind they say lives in a healthy body.
Prempeh College having produced more doctors in the country than any other
second cycle institution, we couldn’t have simply violated this basic
health maxim during such great occasion. This thus culminated into the
famous health walk from airport junction to the GBC Club between the hours
of 8 and 10am. A diplomatic escort was received from the Legon police
alongside an adept brass band which soothed us with some nice songs for
the march. With joy, happiness and profound enthusiasm we sang and walked
majestically to the GBC Club House.
There were Seniors Moses Tetteh, the G. Accra Reg. President, Nana Ernest
Asare, Senior K.F Asante, William Agbenyaga. They chat, advised and
laughed with us and afterwards led us to tables of subsidized delicious
meals of all kinds such fufu and grasscutter, fufu and fish, fufu and
goatmeat, mashed kenkey and bread, and rice and stew in addition to a
myriad of assorted drinks. After everybody was full we were conveyed back
to the University of Ghana campus in a bus which was provided to us by
Senior Prof Akosa. What a memorable exercise it was! Very joyous to the
extent of warming members up psychological, emotionally and physically for
the next programme.
The programme was the It Takes 2. It took place at Political Science
Conference Room between 12 and 3pm with MCs Senior Agyemang Duah and Nana
Adwoa doing their own thing for the day. The It Takes 2 is an educative
and entertaining puzzle programme. Questions asked bother on the extent to
which each pair-contestants know each other very well, their general
knowledge in any issue whatsoever, and so on and so forth. There were two
different pairs of contestants. Viz, the Frederick and Erica Senayah pair
and Harrison and Derek Agyenim pair.
The show saw David Oscar of Stars of
the Future fame, treat the audience to seasoned jokes which they couldn’t
help laughing their hearts out. At the end of the day, Frederick and Erica
emerged winners and they took home a cash prize and a copy each of Amanfoo
diary whilst the other party took home copy each of Amanfoo diary as
consolation prizes. Members refreshed themselves with soft drinks which
were given us by Senior Afadzinu to close the docket on that all
interesting programme as well awaiting the next.
It was one of the much awaited for programmes on the line up. The bonfire
night! It was a night beach. The first of its kind in the history of the
Congress and also among any other tertiary students’ activities. No sooner
had it even clocked 5pm than the whole catchment area of the Central
cafeteria, the converging point for boarding the buses, was flooded with
over hundreds of members and non members alike.
Apparently, but for the
adept organizational skills of the organizers there would have been
stampede in securing tickets, boarding the buses and other aspects more
particularly when the buses delayed a bit. Alas, amidst faint struggles in
securing of tickets and boarding of buses the hundreds of Seniors and
Adehyee and non members were conveyed to the Labadi Beach resort where the
programme was scheduled to take place. The bonfires lit the whole place
orange-likely with some soothing contemporary dance hall, hip life and
hi-life music in the background interlacing harmoniously with the cool
breezes from the waves of the dull sea which seemed to gently fan the
somewhat tired bodies of the delegates.
The programme dragged on until
11pm when members were even reluctant to leave when told to go and prepare
for the following days host of activities. Everything was cool except for
the fact that some of our delegates could not get the free soft drink to
which they were entitled because of some misinformation from the beach
owner’s part. How participants were beside themselves with joy for such a
soothing night beach only the absentee can deny that fact.
