1. As the only Ghanaian student to have petitioned the Ministry of Education to postpone the reopening of Ghanaian universities at the peak of the Ebola Virus Disease, Michael Kwadwo Nketiah known publicly as Political Kwadwo Nketiah saved the lives of thousands of Ghanaian students who stood the risk of contracting the disease in highly populated Halls and lecture theaters of various public and private universities amidst the influx of foreign students from then Ebola prone countries; Liberia, Guniea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. His petition was not only timely but acted as the needed enzyme that led to the decion by the Ministry to finally postpone the reopening of all public and private universities 4 days after he had petitioned the ministry. Today, if the dreadful Ebola never came to Ghana and Ghanaian students are still alive, Michael Kwadwo Nketiah should be given the due credit. In densely populated campuses where students constantly hug, shake hands, use the same washrooms and eat from similar bowls with virtually the same cutlery sets, campuses could have been turned into breeding grounds for the deadly Ebola Virus Disease.



2. Again, Michael Kwadwo Nketiah was the convenor for the famous "YENTUA DEMO" (We won't pay) that brought together various student leaders from the length and breadth of Ghana in demonstrating against plans by government to bill the already penniless and jobless Ghanaian student with utility bills. With barely thirty minutes to the start of the press conference, the passion of Mr Nketiah to see the press conference organised was brought to bare as he went looking for an electric generator to help provide power when the main power supply to the KNUST campus had been taken off courtesy Dumsor. Today, if Ghanaian students are not paying extral utility charges them Michael Kwadwo Nketiah was crucial in achieving this feat.

3. In his heartbreaking article titled "A Message To The Vice Chancellor: Dreams of a KNUST Student" Political Nketiah expertly and dramatically utilised his writing skills as he exposed the horrendous atrocities and inhumane treatments unleashed on innocent students through the menace of armed ROBBERY and RAPE. He highlighted the sad story of a final year female student who was raped by 2 out of 7 armed robbers and further exposed the heartless decision by university authorities to compel her into writing her exam paper from a hospital bed under such psychologically torturous condition. He has been the leading voice in the crusade against RAPE AND ROBBERY that has infested the KNUST community for years. His endless activism has helped improve security (new police check posts at Ayeduase and Kotei) at various hostels around the university community.

4. His weekly articles on various student websites, pages and social media platforms (myjcr.com, NUGS Facebook page, KNUST Rumour Crib, UDS Rumour Crib , KNUST Politics, KNUST Decides and various student Watsapp groups) have been used in championing the interest of Ghanaian students highlighting the exploitation of students by hostel owners and operators who charge students thousands of cedis but fail to provide them a basic necessity like security from armed robbers. He has also been a constant critic of university authorities at KNUST accusing them of not doing enough to safeguard students from armed ROBBERY and RAPE and also accusing them of unlawfully and fraudulently imposing prepaid Vodafone sim cards on students.


5. Though not a polytechnic student, Kwadwo Nketiah as Communications Director for the Youth Institute for Democratic Initiative (YIDI-GHANA) became the face of the quest to resolve the infamous POTAG STRIKE IN 2014. He issued various press statements and spoke on over 25 radio stations nationwide urging government and POTAG to resolve their differences amicably.

6. His activism has not been without extreme difficulties. As his articles exposed university authorities, he was constantly threatened with dismissal, suspension and was even warned not to write about KNUST again or face outright dismissal. Yet, like a fearless captain of a voyaging ship, he sailed through the boisterous weather from the sea of monstrous Shenanigans and demons of students at KNUST that sought dearly for his dismissal. What distinguishes his activism from others and makes him a GENUINE ACTIVIST is that he fought all these battles even though he occupied no official student position neither was he doing all these because he was eying a local or national NUGS position. He has indeed proven that one doesn't need to be a position or office holder before championing the interest of students.



7. Nketiah's activism has not been limited to the the arena of university communities, he has been a weekly columnist on Ghanaweb.com, Modernghana.com, myjcr.com and a host of other websites passionately writing on issues that affect Ghanaians, Africans and the world.

8. As an activist, he has granted interviews to over
35 radio stations both locally and internationally. Popular among them are the BBC World Service, Obaapa Radio (Germany and all over the world), Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, Joy Fm, Citi Fm, Adom Fm, Peace Fm, Kessben, Kapital,  Hello,  Ashh, Hot Fm, Angel and a host of Radio stations in Ghana and abroad all in the name of student activism and national interest.

9. In 2014, Michael Kwadwo Nketiah and four others, famously at the risk of a possible dismissal took the Dean of Students, Electoral Commissioner, SRC President and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology to the Kumasi High Court seeking for a writ of Mandamus to compel university authorities into organising fresh SRC elections to replace one that had earlier been ruled by the SRC Court as rigged, null and void. Though the petitioners lost and were fined 3,000 Ghana cedis having earlier paid thousands of cedis to their council, their bravery and courage was unprecedented and helped in keeping university authorities from interfering in subsequent SRC. elections organised.


10. Political Nketiah is the winner of the prestigious NUGS CHINUA ACHEBE BEST STUDENT WRITER for KNUST and was also nominated for the STUDENT ACTIVIST OF THE YEAR AWARD, an award category he was denied by the powers that be although he overwhelmingly won the online polls. He is a fresh graduate from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology with a degree in Natural Resources Management.


1. Link to read Nketiah's petition to the Minister of Education to postpone reopening of Ghanaian universities to prevent spread of Ebola


ModernGhana:  http://m.modernghana.com/sports/562852/2/postpone-opening-dates-of-universities-to-avoid-eb html


2. Link to read the press statement calling on government to call off decision to charge students with utility bills

GhanaWeb: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Students-give-gov-t-48hr-ultimatum-to-withdraw-utility-bills-356368?channel=D1



3. Link to read Nketiah's heartbreaking article condemning RAPE and ROBBERY on campus and chastising university authorities for not doing enough to safeguard students


(Just Google > "A Message To The Vice Chancellor: Dreams of A KNUST Student and follow the myjcr.com link)


4. To read Nketiah's press statement on behalf of YIDI GHANA demanding an end to the infamous strike by the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG) Just Google, "End POTAG Strike Now" and follow the various links.


5. Link to read Nketiah's article on our obsession with religion as Ghanaians and Africans.

GhanaWeb: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/features/A-Nation-Continent-and-People-Fooled-By-Religion-363661?channel=D1


6. Link to read Nketiah's article about the Accra fire and floods in June 2015.


ModernGhana:  http://m.modernghana.com/news/622991/1/accra-floods-a-national-disease-or-disaster.html