Before some of you gain admission to University of Ghana,
some of us were given the impression that
although God Almighty is Omnipresent, the only
place he is absent from is Legon Campus and that
it is so because all LEGON GIRLS were morally
disgusting. Their counterparts in UCC, TECH, UDS,GIJ
and some of the recently mushrooming University
Colleges in obscure parts of Ghana all have "big"
mouths to speak in condemnation of the Legon
girl's morality. Even Makola Market women most
of whom don't know where Legon Campus is
located "mpo" will flamboyantly narrate how
Legon girls snatch their husbands-- as if sexual
promiscuity is an Undergraduate course here in
UG. It has also become an acceptable traditional
rumour or if you like an unspoken truth, that any
Legon girl who drives a porsche car on campus is
necessarily guilty of prosecution (please note: I
didn't say prostitution) of an immoral agenda
with some "bigman" in government or the
corporate world. While the aim of this article is
not to say ALL Legon girls are literally like The
Holy Virgin Mary, I write in condemnation of that
jaundiced prejudice otherwise called Hasty
Generalization (refer to your Level 100 UGRC 150 and GIJ
notes), that most if not all those speculations out
there are not entirely true of all Legon ladies.
Many of us heard very dangerous stories of how
Legon life was and that we will be safer going to
Tech (KNUST),GIJ or even far-away UDS than coming
here. Some students had to CONVINCE their
mums and dads with illustrative statistical
explanations before being allowed to come to
LEGON! Girls who are are eventually allowed to
report to Legon are taken through a family
counseling as if their daughter is going to the
proverbial "EVIL FOREST". The guys are also taken
through a similar ritual. Personally, I heard
incredible stories of how Legon girls offered their
"bearded meat" on request anytime Black Stars
won matches! Come to think of it, this can pass
for an Adwoa Tampico or "kyekyekule" joke !
But being in UG, I have come to see the untold
positive stories of the institution; including the
story of its beautiful girls and handsome
gentlemen, who are subjected to the judgement
of salt and pepper eating mouths nation-wide.
Nobody tells the story of a certain place called
SARBAH FIELD where the same Legon Ladies
congregate to soak themselves in the Grace of
God and where University Security has had to
disperse throngs of prayer warriors who are neck-
deep in the pursuit of God; nobody tells of the
persistent dawn Evangelism and door to door
preaching that takes place on this Campus with
girls and guys alike. The Muslim Ladies
Commission is never mentioned and their believe
in Allah is silenced. The not so "Godly" ones are
also obsessed with a marathon to beat Prof
Aryeetey's "80% for A" grading system in order
not to disappoint family with E's or F's are left out
of the discussions, a feat to be blamed purely on
the draconian grading system. (There is no chilling
in Legon ooo!!!) Ok, let me put it better, add "not
anymore" to the bracketed sentence. You see
what I mean? As I write, 120 students have been
silently sent home on very poor academic output!
On the fashionable beauties, they serve their
purpose at Beauty Pageant shows and they are
NOT as "baaaaaad" as is put out there. Few are
worse though. Finally, I must admit there are bad
nuts not just here in UG, but everywhere
including but not limited to Tech, UCC, UDS, UEW,GIJ,
UPSA etc etc. However, until the Marys, the Ruths
and the Marthas have had their stories told with
pomp and cheer, the stories of LEGON will
continue to glorify sexy bikinis. Let those "girls"
who by their actions and inactions bring disrepute
to Legon Ladies' names keep in mind that until
the "Children of God" have had their historians,
the story of Legon will justifiably be aluguntugui!
Gui! MEDAAAASE! What a way to end an article?
story by Mohammed mikdad (UG) and jeffery adu-gyamfi jnr (GIJ)
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