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Mr. Joseph Mensah Oti-Asrifi, a Senior Member at the Takoradi Technical University (TTU) has been honoured by the Technical Universities Deaf Students Association of Ghana for his spirited and outstanding service to students with disability.
The ace sportscaster who doubles as a Senior Assistant Registrar at the University has been bestowed the honour following his remarkable and incredible support towards students with disability, particularly the deaf students.
This comes few days after the University celebrated a successful Disability Week which was under the theme, “Breaking Barriers of Disability; The role of the Technical University students.”[ads2]
The Takoradi Technical University has over the years, become the most preferred platform for technical education and training of persons with disability especially deaf students across the country. Currently, the University has 71 students with disability, out of which 54 are hearing impaired (deaf) students, the highest among all the Technical Universities in Ghana.
And as the head of the Disability Support and Service Unit of the University, Mr Oti-Asrifi Mensah has contributed greatly to the lives of students with disability at the University, imparting lives of many deaf students including several others who would not have climbed the University platform had it not been his exemplary efforts.
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His advocacy since assuming office in 2020, according to the citation, has placed the University at a greater heights among its peers as a preferred destination for the education and training for the deaf in the country hence deserve to be bestowed the honour.[ads3]
Mr. Oti-Asrifi Mensah Joseph is a Chattered Administrator and a member of the prestigious Chartered Institute of Administrators and Management Consultants.
He has also served on numerous Committees and Boards at the Takoradi Technical University including Academic Board, Convocation Board, Disability Policy Committee, Strategic Plan Committee etc.[ads4]
He is the winner of the maiden Vice Chancellor’s Award in 2018 and also hold MA Development Management & MBA HRM.
Mr. Mensah is also a broadcast journalist with over twenty years of experience, having worked with radio stations such as Skyy Power FM, Spice FM and Radio 360 all in Takoradi of the Western Region and currently, the General Secretary of the Western Regional branch of the Sports Writer’s Association of Ghana (SWAG).[ads5]
