The Member of Parliament for Mion Constituency in the Northern Region, Alhaji Misbawu Adam Mahama, on Sunday launched GH¢400,000 Zaabuni Educational Endowment Fund to support needy but brilliant students in the area.
The fund would be spread for four years to provide financial support for tertiary students studying different programmes at various universities across the country.
At a short ceremony to launch the Zaabuni Educational Endowment Fund here at Sang, the district capital of Mion, the MP said it designed to reduce the alarming rate of school dropouts in the constituency.
0ne hundred students received GH¢1,000 each to settle their school fees and the initiative was first of its kind since the creation of the district in 2012.
Alhaji Mahama was optimistic that the fund would ease the financial burden of some of the parents who could not afford to pay the school fees of the children to further their education at the tertiary level
He stated that the establishment of the fund would go a long way to provide more scholarship support to students within Mion and its surrounding communities.
Additionally, Alhaji Mahama noted that when he shown interest to contest the Mion seat, a research findings had shown him that a number of young girls and boys of school-going age were at homes due to the inability of their parents to pay their schools.
“I made a pledge to myself that I would introduce an education fund when given the nod as MP and named it Zaabuni, which means everyone’s property.”
“Today, I am MP for Mion Constituency and am fulfilling my promise by the establishing the Zaabuni Educational Endow
ment Fund to support vulnerable children to go back to school to studying hard to excel to come back to serve their noble constituency,” he added.
Moreover, he stated that when he assumed office as MP for the area about 9 months ago, he had been able to support the District Education office to ensure smooth operations.
Emphasising on the importance of education, Alhaji Mahama said education was as one of his topmost priority in the constituency, adding that without education he would not have had the opportunity to become the MP for the area.
He said education remained the pillar of every society today to uplift the image of individuals and communities to break away from the cycle of poverty and pave way for a brighter future.
The Chief of Sakpe, Sakpe-Naa Alabira Ibrahim, mentioned that the establishment of the fund came at the right time to secure the future of every child, regardless of their socio-economic status in the constituency.
He said the fund would bring hope to struggling families and reduces the pressure on them, and advised parents to pray for the good health of the MP to champion more development of the area.
A beneficiary of the fund, Miss Musah Abidatu, thanked the MP for the support and said they would not disappoint him, but they would rather work hard to achieve their academic success.
FROM YAHAYA NUHU NADAA, SANG
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