MountCrest alumnus and law lecturer, Capt. Jamaldeen Tonzua Seidu has received the coveted Blavatnik Scholarship at the University of Oxford where he will pursue postgraduate studies in Public Policy.
Captain Tonzua Seidu who is a lawyer with specializations in international law, environmental and energy law recently graduated in the top 1% of his postgraduate law programme at the Georgetown Law School, on the Dean’s List and with Distinction.
He also received the prestigious Dorothy Mayer Award (for academic achievement and the potential for contribution to the legal profession and the individual’s community) and the Thomas Bradbury Award (for achieving the rank of distinction and the highest academic average in Master of Laws in Environmental and Energy Law).
The Chiefs of the Wungu Traditional Area, where Captain Tonzua Seidu hails from, urged him to raise high the flag of Ghana at the University of Oxford and to keep inspiring the youth of Ghana through his extraordinary academic pursuits, professional excellence and distinguished community service.
Captain Tonzua Seidu, who has consistently rendered service to his community, called on the Chiefs to inform them that he would be out of the country for further academic pursuits towards enhanced community service.
3news.com reports that the Paramount Chief of Wungu, Wunnaaba Alhaji Sulemana Saaka, who spoke on behalf of the Chiefs of his traditional area including the Yamarana and Mishuorana said in Mampruli; “We urge Captain Tonzua to put up a great performance at Oxford and to keep inspiring the youth of the country and the youth of Mamprugu in particular”.
Captain Tonzua Seidu thanked the Chiefs for their blessings and reassured them of his commitment to community service.
The bilingual Military Officer is currently the Assistant Director of Legal Services at the Ghana Armed Forces and a lecturer in Constitutional Law at the MountCrest University College.