Employees of the year award is an annual recognition of outstanding employees of the Regional Maritime University (RMU) from among the two main Employee Resource Groups (ERG); Academic and Non Academic Staff.
The reward acknowledges employee efforts, hard work and behavior at the workplace that have contributed to the University’s success and objectives. The award also encourages others to strive towards achieving same.
During the 14th congregation ceremony, Management of the University awarded outstanding staff for their immense contribution to the Institution.
Categories of the awards for the 2020/ 2021 Academic year and names of awardees, designation and years of service to the University are as follows:
Vice Chancellors Award for the year 2021; MR. PROSPER APPIAH
Driver Mechanic (39 years of service to the University)
Excellence Award, Senior Non-Teaching Staff Category for the year 2021; Ms. Rejoice Mawuse Norgbey, Ag. Deputy Registrar-Administration (27 years of service to the University)
Staff Excellence Award, Senior Teaching Staff Category for the year 2021;
MR. MICHEAL ACQUAYE, Assistant Lecturer (38 years of service to the University)
Staff Excellence Award, Junior Staff Category for the year 2021; MR. MAXWELL ABROKWAH, Electrical Technician (6 years of service to the University)
MR. PROSPER APPIAH
Driver Mechanic
You have rendered 38 years of meritorious service to the University as a Driver Mechanic in the Transport Unit. You are dependable and highly efficient in the practical application of your profession and hence attached to the high Office of the Vice Chancellor since 2010.
You remain composed and focused even when the itinerary of Vice Chancellor is highly demanding. You are always punctual, available and joyfully accept responsivity even when it is beyond the normal working hours without the least hesitation. Your humility, quiet and gentle disposition is unparalleled.
The University acknowledges your excellent work and selfless devotion as an exceptional employee who deserves the Vice Chancellors Award for the year 2021.
Congratulations. We say Ayekoo
Ms. Rejoice Mawuse Norgbey
Ag. Deputy Registrar-Administration
You have rendered 29 years of dedicated service to the University and rose through the ranks to the position of Deputy Registrar. When the Human Resource Unit was created in 2005, you solely put in structures and led in the development of quality procedures for the Unit. With the promulgation of the National Pensions Act, 2008 (Act 766), you played a key role in the establishment of the RMU Tier 2 Pension Scheme and Tier 3 Provident Fund as Secretary and then Chairperson of the Board of Trustees.
With great admiration for your outstanding performance and positive attitude on the job, you consistently demonstrated excellence, efficiency and professionalism in managing human resource issues in the University. Your contributions to the development of strategic plans, your exemplary leadership and mentoring of the Administrative personnel have impacted significantly. You are a role model and have conserved the institutional memory for successive management personnel to smoothly settle into their posts.
The University values your passion to work, dedication and the invaluable contributions to the administrative systems of the University and award you the Staff Excellence Award in the Senior Non-Teaching Staff Category for the year 2021.
Congratulations. We say Ayekoo
MR. MICHEAL ACQUAYE
Assistant Lecturer
You have rendered 38 years of dedicated service to the University and rose through the ranks to the position of Assistant Lecturer in the Marine Engineering. As Head of the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Unit of the Department, you uniquely combine classroom teaching with field services of refrigeration and air-conditioning systems across the University. By your own initiative, you personally mobilized resources to ensure the cold-store became functional and you have a positive maintenance culture of resuscitating old equipment in good condition. You also played a key role in the successful training of the Ghana Navy personnel, which was very remarkable.
Your commitment to the educational and social success of the University, your versatility, excellent engineering skills and your reliability is incomparable. Your positive attitude towards work and the cordiality among your colleagues has projected you as a role model to your students.
In recognition of all these sterling qualities, the University acknowledges you as an outstanding worker who deserves the Staff Excellence Award in the Senior Teaching Staff Category for the year 2021.
Congratulations. We say Ayekoo
MR. MAXWELL ABROKWAH
Electrical Technician
You have rendered 6 years of dedicated service to the University as Electrical Technician in the Development Service Unit. Your response time to emergencies is highly commendable and you accept responsibilities without hesitation. You are consistently dependable and have been part of many interventions to keep the electrical infrastructure of the University running.
Your technical competency is attested to by many and your humility and respect for authority cannot go unnoticed.
The University acknowledges your selfless devotion to work and awards you the Staff Excellence Award in the Junior Staff Category for the year 2021.
Congratulations. We say Ayekoo.
Information source: Marketing Unit.
Issued on: 7th August, 2021