Richard Agyare presenting a ceiling fan to Mrs. Christiana Azumah Asore
An old student of Namong Senior High Technical School (NASTECH) in the Offinso South District of the Ashanti Region, Richard Agyare, has pledged to provide free Wi-Fi connectivity to the school to improve teaching and learning.
Mr. Agyare, a Ghanaian resident in the United Kingdom, made the pledge when he returned to his alma mater on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, accompanied by his wife, Mercy Dombo.
During the visit, he donated Orient ceiling fans and an undisclosed amount of cash to the school.
Speaking with the Daily Guide, Mr. Agyare said his decision to support NASTECH was influenced by his personal experience as a student and the challenges he encountered.
“I was a student here and I know that the school lacked a lot in terms of infrastructure and equipment to help the students in their education,” he said.
He recalled that when he left the school in 2001, there were inadequate dormitory facilities, forcing students to contribute to the construction of a dormitory by carrying blocks and fetching water.
“I made a decision that whenever I am visiting Ghana, I will contact people here to find out what they need urgently so that I can do something to help them, as I have been doing philanthropic work within the constituency,” he said.
While acknowledging some new classroom blocks, he noted that there had not been significant improvement in other critical areas since 2001.
Mr. Agyare said the free Wi-Fi intervention would be his first priority, after which attention would turn to dormitory facilities and other pressing needs.
The 2001-year group, he said, comprises highly educated professionals who can contribute to the school’s development, and he would engage them upon his return to the UK.
The Headmistress of NASTECH, Christiana Azumah Asore, expressed gratitude to Mr. Agyare and his wife for the gesture, describing it as exceptional.
“We are so excited because we have one of our past students, Mr. Agyare Richard, and his wife coming to do some donations for the school,” she said.
She, however, appealed for additional support, citing inadequate classroom furniture, the poor state of the dining hall and the absence of a science laboratory.
She said government alone cannot provide all required facilities and appealed to philanthropists, past students and citizens of Namong in the diaspora to assist.
NASTECH currently has over 3,500 students, placing enormous pressure on its facilities. The dining hall can accommodate only about 150 students at a time, forcing meals to be taken in batches and sometimes affecting academic work.
Mrs. Asore noted that the school’s Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) constructed a sickbay commissioned in 2024 and urged others to emulate the gesture.
Mr. Agyare, known for philanthropic work in Offinso South, also inspected development projects he had undertaken in the constituency, including an ultra-modern toilet facility for the Agyeimpra community and an information centre, to assess their impact.
FROM David Afum, Namong