The National Commander
of the Motor Transport and Traffic Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service, ACP
Angwubutoge Awuni has implored students from the deprive communities in the
country to take education serious and shun negativities that have the tendency
of jeopardizing their future, saying education is the only tool they could use
to narrow the gap between the poor and rich in society.
He said, children who
hails from deprive areas have a huge responsibility to catch up with their
counterparts in the cities and urged students and pupil in the area to remain
disciplined and focus by sticking to
their books and ensure the pass their examination successfully.
ACP Awuni made these observations during an interview with The Enquirer in his
office in Accra, after he had presented over 2,000 exercise and
foolscap note books to students and pupils of Adakura cluster of school at
Adakura, a surburb of Zuarungu in the Bolgatanga Municipality last week.
The books, he said, cost
of GH¢ 4,000 and was made possible through a philanthropist and his personal
contribution after realizing the plight of the pupil who he described as alma
maters.
ACP Awuni, noted that the
donation does not only forms part of his social responsibility of giving back
to the society but also to his alma mater, having recognize the need to support
the poor and needy pupil in deprived communities in the region.
He further called for the need for successful citizens
who hails from the region to support developmental projects in the communities,
more especially in the area of education, saying it was out of education that
made him who he is today.
According to the MTTU
boss, “ through education, someone like me has got the privilege and the profound opportunities to raps
shoulders with the great and mighty, and no child in this country can be an
exception.”
He encouraged parents to take education of
their wards seriously since it is the best legacy they can bequeath their
children.
Education, he stated has the capacity of
breaking the shackles’ of poverty, which he noted was the number one enemy
thwarting the country’s development.
The donation. ACP Awuni reiterated, demonstrates his total
commitment to the development of education in the school and pledged to extend
similar packages to other deprived schools in the area whenever there is an
opportunity.
He however, appealed to
all well meaning Ghanaians to complement the effort of government by
contributing their quota in ensuring that children are given the best education
in the country.
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