Engineer Yao Gomado, the Member of Parliament for Kadjebi Akan Constituency, has donated trunks and mattresses to about 300 selected Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates in his constituency.
The donation, which was presented in a special ceremony attended by students, teachers, parents, and the education Directorates, brought an atmosphere of relief to both parents and the students.
Mr Gomado, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, said the gesture was intended to ease the burden on parents and to motivate other students to take their education seriously by learning hard to obtain the needed grades for them to also benefit from this initiative.
The beneficiaries were students who obtained aggregate six to 25 in the BECE, a promise he made before the commencement of the exams.
“It is my wish that we will get prominent people from this constituency to occupy big positions in the country and beyond in the near future, hence the need to empower the young ones today for a better future.
Therefore, this donation was a way of motivating other students to study hard to obtain better grades in their exams,” he said.
He assured that this donation will continue every year to achieve the purpose of the initiative.
Mr. Seth Seyram Deh, Kadjebi District Education Director, acknowledged the MP’s efforts and contributions in shaping the educational system in the area ever since he became an MP in the constituency.
He said the MP’s contributions include the provision of computers to the GES office in the district, drilling of boreholes in all the schools under feeding programmes, and others.
Nana Amenano Mensah II, Chief of Poase Cement, thanked the MP for his generous gesture, emphasizing the importance of the donation so far as the continuation of the students’ education is concerned.
The parents of the beneficiaries expressed gratitude for the gesture, saying the donation came at the right end and lifted some burden on them.
GNA
