The organizers of the Ghana Tertiary awards have released a statement in which they have indicated that the date for the close of nomination for this years awards has been pushed forward (30th July).

This they said is to enable the Board have enough time to critically access and have proper background investigations on all the 17,495 students who applied for the Ghana Tertiary Awards 2016 Festival as compared to the 1,468 students who applied last year.

The statement reads:

Youth Web Group, Organizers of the Ghana Tertiary Awards wishes to officially inform students and the general public about the official close of Nomination entries on the 31st of July, 2016.

The closing date has been pushed forward from the 31st of August, 2016 to 31st July, 2016 to enable the Board have enough time to critically access and have proper background investigations on all the 17,495 students who applied for the Ghana Tertiary Awards 2016 Festival as compared to the 1,468 students who applied last year.

The major rise in students’ application for this year’s Ghana Tertiary Awards 2016 Festival, has forced the Board to carefully closed nominations in-order to have ample time for the selection process.

The Board will sit from the 1st of August, 2016 to the 18th of August 2016 so that the official release of Nominees will be done on the 19th of August 2016 at the Airport West Hotel.

Again we will like to use this platform to thank all the 17,495 students out of the 315,000 Tertiary Students who have applied so far and encourage the rest to pick their nomination forms within this few days left. Thank you.