Frank Jilima
Vice President Bawumia has shown love to the 13-year-old young boy who is in dire need of a prosthetic leg.
Frank Jilima, from Nansongdo in the Nanumba North District in the Northern Region had appealed for financial support during an interview with DAILY GUIDE.
The support was to cater for Frank’s prosthetic leg and other medical expenses at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, to enable him to walk as well as go back to school to pursue his dream of becoming an engineer in future.
Upon reading the story about the plight of the young protégé who is in the business of using card board and empty cans to manufacture miniature vehicles, trucks, drones, houses, and airplanes, Dr. Bawumia decided to come to his aid.
“Dr. Bawumia said he was touched by the plight of the young man and decided to help secure his future in the small way he can,” Charles Takyi-Boadu, Dean of the Press Corps at the Vice Presidency, told the paper after presenting the GH¢10,000 cash donation.
The 13-year-old lost his right leg after a motorcycle accident in 2020 when he was returning from the Chamba community back to the family house.
He went to buy sandals and other educational materials to prepare for school and was on a bicycle when a tricycle rider knocked him down.
Frank went through a couple of treatments, the most recent of which was a surgery at the Tamale Teaching Hospital to amputate his right leg.
“I want to be an engineer in the future, so I’m working hard to learn how to do everything I see or envision, but I know my ambition won’t come true unless I have an education,” Frank told the paper in its earlier report.
Upon hearing the news of the Vice President’s donation, Mr. Jilima, father of Frank, thanked Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for his support.
“I want to thank Vice President Bawumia for coming to our aid to buy Frank a prosthetic leg and pay for his medical bills as well. In fact we have used all our savings and did not have anything to continue with the treatment at the hospital.”
“I will never forget this day and I pray that God will grant Dr. Bawumia his heart’s desires. Frank’s dream of becoming an engineer is possible again and we thank him so much,” he said.
FROM Eric Kombat, Nansongdo