By Ewoenam Kpodo
Ho, June 5, GNA-The Ho Technical University (HTU) has constituted the Governing Board of its Dean of Students Affairs Foundation, (DoSFund), with a clear mandate to stop financially distressed students from dropping out.
The board was inaugurated on Tuesday, June 02, 2026, in a ceremony conducted by the University’s Legal Officer, Mad Dorothy Akortsu, in line with the Fund’s Constitution.
Prof Ben Q. Honyenuga, Vice-Chancellor, HTU chairs the board. Members include Dr Michael T.K. Todoko, Registrar, Mr Augustine Kwame Owusu, Director of Finance, Prof Baidenger Twumasi, Dean of Students, Mr Emmanuel Y. Akpabli, Students Representative Council President, Ms Juliet Nugble, Alumni Representative, Dr Eric Adzivor, Academic Board Representative, with Ms Salomey M. Takuh, Students’ Affairs Officer as Secretary.
Prof Christopher Mensah, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Dr Sedem Amedome, Guidance and Counselling Officer, Dr Liticia Effah-Manu, Gender Advocacy and Inclusion Officer, and Rev Fr Sylvester Agbezuge, University Chaplain will also attend board meetings.
Prof Honyenuga who founded DoSFund 13 years ago while serving as Dean of Students said the fund has since helped hundreds of underprivileged students complete their programmes through emergency aid and fee support.
But he warned that financial hardship still forced many students to abandon their studies, thus the need for new push for scale.
“Many students may have dropped out of school because they lacked the financial support needed to continue their education,” the Vice-Chancellor told Deans and Directors who witnessed the ceremony.
He described the inauguration as ushering the board into “serious business” and called for aggressive fund mobilisation, appealing to alumni, corporate bodies, philanthropists, and other stakeholders to contribute generously to ensure that no qualified student was denied higher education due to financial hardship.
Prof Twumasi said with the board in place, DoSFund would move faster from emergency relief to real retention, so no HTU student loses their degree simply because they ran out of money, recalling how the fund benefitted hundreds of needy students over the years.
GNA
Edited by Maxwell Awumah/Kenneth Odeng Adade
Reporter: Ewoenam Kpodo