Yanwube Scholarship Fund For The Needy Launched In Tatale

MP for Tatale-Sanguli

The Member of Parliament for Tatale-Sanguli Constituency in the newly created Tatale District in the Northern Region of Ghana, James Cecil Yanwube, has launched a scholarship fund aimed at helping brilliant but needy students in the area.

Launching the fund dubbed: “The Yanwube Scholarship Fund” at a brief ceremony in Tatale, Mr. Yanwube said: “Throughout my campaign trips, I noticed the very low educational patronage that was widespread in every place that I went. The vow, I have kept secret until now, is being able to help out in order to lift up this low standard of education across every part of my constituency”, he disclosed.

The initiative is in fulfillment of the MP’s ultimate objective to support any student in his constituency who encounters financial challenge at any level of his/her education, to continue without dropping out or deferring their courses due to their inability to pay school fees.

“I felt that a scholarship package for brilliant but needy students to have access to full time education which my government was willing to make it free for all, up to senior high school level must be set up. My belief in education as the surest way to prosperity has remained steadfast”, he noted.

Mr. Yanwube stated that, the Fund is for all students within the constituency regardless of any party affiliation, religious inclination as well as ethnic orientation. “It is a scholarship programme for all senior high school students and those in private and public universities as well as all tertiary students who are brilliant but needy.”

Ambulance donated to Tatale hospital

He also donated an ambulance to the Tatale Hospital to replace the old ambulance which recently got burnt completely. He added GH¢700.00 to be used to register the vehicle and promised to give the hospital another GH¢7000.00 to enable management purchase an insurance policy to cover it.  

The MP for Tatale-Sanguli however appealed to government to expedite action on the Sheini iron ore project which in his estimation will offer most of the jobless youth in the area employment and thereby reduce the dependence on others for their survival.

The scholarship fund which has a seed money of GH¢30,000.00 is being managed by a six member committee led by the Headmaster of the Tatale Evangelical Presbyterian Agric Senior High School (TEPASS) Mr. K.K. Ntoba. 

In a brief remark, Mr. Ntoba recalled how sometimes brilliant but needy students in his school have had to come to his office and kneel down to beg for some time to enable them pay their fees.

 “Sometimes, we teachers have to dip our hands into our pockets and contribute money to pay the fees of these students. Therefore, for the honourable MP to take this bold decision and come to the aid of his constituents is a very big relief not only to students but also to teachers of my school”, he acknowledged.

Meanwhile, the TEPASS according to some of its students lacked some subject tutors especially in the areas of mathematics and integrated science; inadequate hostel facilities for boys, inadequate classrooms and lack of library and science laboratory. 

Established in 1998 by the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ghana, the school has a student population of 720; 612 boys and 108 girls.