Friday, 29 March

Akandoh offers GHS100K scholarship to 55 poor students

Education
Akandoh making a presentation to one of the beneficiaries

The Member of Parliament for the Juaboso Constituency in the Western North Region, Mr Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has offered a scholarship worth GHS100,000 to some needy-but-brilliant tertiary students in his constituency for the 2022 academic year.

The 55 students were offered the scholarship to, among others, pursue medicine, pharmacy, engineering and nursing at the country’s public universities and the various training colleges.

The initiative, according to the MP, is to cushion the students in their quest to attain their academic goals.

He further explained that the hardship in the country, which is having a toll on cocoa farmers who have no resources to further the education of their wards, is the reason he introduced the scholarship scheme.

“This is a rural constituency and the major occupation here is cocoa farming and, so, if the crop-year doesn’t go well, people really suffer.

“Looking at the economic conditions in the country, the hardship is really reflecting in my constituency, so, I get a lot of calls and applications from students who have gained admission but can’t afford their admission fees; plus continuing students who are unable to continue their education”.

“So, I decided to dedicate some amount of money, as I have been doing every year, to enable them to realise their academic goals,” Mr Akandoh stated.

The MP, at a brief ceremony to hand over the cheques which have been paid into the account of the schools, observed that a total of GHS100,000 has been expended on the students.

He also used the occasion to caution the students against social vices, which, he warned, could derail their academic focus.

“If you really want to succeed as a young man, there are certain vices you must do away with. If you are coming from the rural areas, there’s no need for you to go and adapt certain behaviours like drinking, smoking, womanising and others that will divert your attention from studies,” he advised.

He also challenged the students not to abandon their constituencies but to return home after their period of study and impart the knowledge they have acquired to others.

Some of the elated students and their excited parents were full of praise for the MP for the gesture.

Francis-Xavier Amoakohene, the last of eleven children of his family, who gained admission to study medicine at the University of Health and Allied Sciences, said a burden has been lifted off his shoulder.

“My mother is a peasant farmer whose annual salary is less than GHS3,000 and that money can’t afford the books and even the admission fee, so, I am very happy to receive this scholarship. I assure the MP that I will return and help the constituency,” Mr Anoakohene said.

Another beneficiary, Ms Gifty Nkrumah, who is pursuing her master’s degree in Clinical Biology at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), was thrilled by the support provided by the MP.

Meanwhile, Mr Akandoh said provisions are being made for unsuccessful applicants to ensure they also attain their academic dreams.

 

 

Source: Classfmonline.com