Catherine Afeku (left) and Aboagye Mochiah sitting in the donated bus (right)
Member of Parliament (MP) for Evalue-Ajomoro Gwira Constituency in the Western Region, Catherine Abelema Afeku, has donated a 33-seater air-conditioned bus to the Nsien Senior High School (SHS) in the Nzema East municipality of the region.
Ms Catherine Afeku, who doubles as Minister for Tourism and Creative Arts and an old student of the school, indicated that the donation was in fulfillment of a promise she made during the 2016 electioneering campaign.
“I told you I will provide buses for senior high schools in my constituency and I am happy my former school is the first to benefit. I will make sure other schools get the buses,” she indicated.
She said that the bus would serve the transportation need of the students and the teachers, and pleaded with the school’s authorities to ensure proper maintenance of the vehicle.
“I love Nsien SHS so much because it was this school that has made me what I am today; so I will forever remember and be grateful to this school.”
The lawmaker used the occasion to advise the students to take their education seriously and tasked them to desist from indulging in acts which would be inimical to their studies.
She charged the students to respect their teachers and parents and be disciplined in all their endeavours; and urged the female students in particular to see her as their role model.
“See me as your role model and learn hard because at our time, there was no electricity but we used lantern and candles to study each night. So stop wasting your precious time on watching uneducated programmes on television and on the Internet,” she stressed.
She wished the final-year students success and asked them to pray hard for President Akufo-Addo and the current government of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to succeed.
The headmaster of the school, Aboagye Mochiah, thanked the MP for the donation and gave the assurance that the bus would be taken proper care of.
From Emmanuel Opoku, Takoradi