Am Avomo Diallo Rebecca . foreign student of Gimpa and Public Relation Officer of the International Student Association of Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)





















PERSONAL PROFILE (MR. ALAGSKOMAH EUGENE SAVIO)



BACKGROUND

I am 24years of age and I was born in Bolgatanga-Zaare in the Upper East Region of Ghana. I am the 9th born in a family of ten (10). I am a Christian by religion and was born into a strong catholic family.

EDUCATION

I completed my basic education at the Bolgatanga Preparatory J.H.S and proceeded to Notre Dame Seminary-Senior High School and after performing well in WASCCE, I again admission to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology where I offered BSc. Development Planning.

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS HELD

Chief Director, Save Our Women Ghana (2012-Date)

President, Coalition For Accountable Leadership (2012-2015)

Financial Secretary, Financial Secretary Queen Elizabeth II Hall (2013-2014), KNUST

President, General Arts Club (2009-2011), Notre Dame Seminary-Senior High School

President, Quiz Club (2009-2011), Notre Dame Seminary-Senior High School

President UNESCO Club (2010-2011), Notre Dame Seminary Senior High School

COMPETENCES

I am a good communicator as is evident in my submissions on radio and on TV and articulate defense of issues I advocate for. I have good interpersonal skills, presentation skills, computer skills and writing skills and above all advocacy skills. I have carved a niche for myself and with my popularity and experience, most radio stations call to ask of my opinion on probing issues. Some of these radio stations include; Tanga FM, A1 Radio, Word Fm all in Bolgatanga; Ultimate Fm, Kessben Fm, Frenz Fm, Capital Radio and Luv Fm all in Kumasi, Peace FM, Citi Fm and Radio universe all in Accra. I have also had TV audience with Metro TV, TV3 and GTV. My works have been published on the web pages of most of these radio stations and on other platforms such as modernghana.com, ghanaweb.com, graphiconline.com, spyghana.com, myjrc.com among others.

ACTIVITIES/ACHIEVEMENTS

1. Alagskomah Eugene Savio during a press conference on 12th September, 2012 at Bolgatanga to campaign against the false accusations and subsequent abuse of women on the basis of witchcraft. The campaign led to the freeing of 30 women from the grips of local cult priestess and the arrest of 1 cult priestess by the police. It also resulted in a reduction of such cases, and as at 2015 no case of such abuse was recorded in the region (Ref: http://www.modernghana.com/news/490891/1/forced-witchcraft-confessions-woes-of-women.html ).

2. I identified that there was a hike in teenage pregnancy in rural communities especially in communities where tertiary institutions are located (NTC & TTC) through a research I conducted to that effect. I subsequently embarked on an advocacy campaign to create the awareness and reduce the incidence of teenage pregnancy. This activity yielded good fruits as there was a reduction in teenage pregnancy in such targeted communities from 37% in 2014 to 19% in 2014 (Ref:http://www.ultimate106.9.com/nursing-students-accuse-of-sexually-exploiting-and-impregnating-teenagers-9301/).





3. Leading an advocacy campaign against same sex and abuse of human rights in respect of same sex. As such, I have sued a gay teacher who has been raping and defiling some of his pupils’ in junior high school at the Bolgatanga Circuit Court. I have also secured the services of a lawyer (Nana Akwasi Awuah) who also doubles as one of the lawyers of Yvonne Nelson’s “Dumsor must stop vigil” to help obtain justice in the case.



4. Alagskomah Eugene Savio during a press conference in 2015 at KNUST to campaign against government’s decision to remove subsidies on utility tariffs. The campaign achieved its purpose and through the support of NUGS and other student groups’ government eventually rescinded its decision. It is worth adding that he embarked on a similar advocacy campaign in 2014 together with the then NUGS President Sammy Binfoh.



5. I have registered 5 teenage mothers this year and taken them back to J.H.S to obtain basic education and improve their literacy abilities with the hope of them continuing to the second cycle and tertiary levels. This was done as parts of efforts in promoting my “BACK TO SCHOOL CAMPAIGN” where I am encouraging teenage mothers to go back to school and at least obtain basic literacy skills.



6. Through my NGO (Save Our Women, Ghana), I have formed 2 women groups and registered them as the Village Loans and Savings Models where these groups make savings each week and borrow at a give-away interest rate. This is based on the belief that “financial security is paramount to building stable homes”.



7. I advocated for the refund of monies to the students of the College of Architecture and Planning, KNUST who were charged GH₵30.00 for the provision of college clothes and never received anything. The monies were subsequently refunded to each and every member of the college through a directive by the College Provost.



8. I advocated strongly for the removal of the GH₵2.00 levy which was charged for the provision of an SRC Constitution for freshmen and which was never provided. This was done by petitioning the SRC and drawing the attention of the university administration to this issue. The advocacy achieved its intended purpose as the amount was removed.



9. I advocated for a review of the electoral process of tertiary institutions in Ghana because of the high incidence of malpractices and litigations which engulf elections in tertiary institutions (Ref: http://www.ugfile.com/we-must-change-the-way-we-hold-elections-on-campus-cofal-knust/).



10. I advocated that all SRC’s in Ghana should invest a portion of their dues in profitable ventures so as to recoup more income to support capital investments and projects with high cost (Ref: http://www.spyghana.com/universities-in-ghana-asked-to-invest-dues-into-profitable-ventures/).



11. I led an advocacy campaign to reduce the high incidence of armed robbery and rape in tertiary institutions by issuing a press release to that effect. In that release I threatened to sue any tertiary institution which recorded any security threats. Due to our massive media hype in Kumasi, some security post have been added and security beefed up in KNUST.



12. I advocated that all student administrations in KNUST should publish their budgets, and that the KBN funds should be used for its allocated purpose (given to needy but brilliant students and students with disability) and not to be used to honor campaign promises (i.e “given to strong boys”) all in the quest to reduce corruption by student leaders (Ref: ).



Alagskomah Eugene Savio [Founder and Chief Director, Save Our Women, Ghana (SOW-Ghana); Founder and Former President, Coalition For Accountable Leadership (COFAL); Member, World Youth Alliance (WAY); Member, Global Network For Advocacy (GONFA); Global Youth Ambassador, Milky Way Youth Movement].