Ayawaso East MP supports 3 institutions

Page 30, Dec 21, 2007
Story: Emmanuel Adu-Gyamerah

THE Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayawaso East, Alhaji Dr Mustapha Ahmed, has presented three cheques totalling GH¢2,060 (¢20.6 million) to three educational institutions in the Accra metropolis.
The institutions are the Sal Valley Preparatory/Junior High School, the Qubbatul-Khadra Islamic School, Nima, and the Greater Accra Islamic Educational Unit.
The amount is to enable the Sal Valley and Qubbatul Islamic schools to carry out renovation works on their blocks, while the Greater Accra Islamic Educational Unit would use it share for the implementation of performance enhancement programmes for its teachers.
Making the presentation, Alhaji Ahmed urged Muslim parents to be serious with the education of their children, instead of using their wealth on less important social ventures.
He stressed that only education could enable Muslim youth climb up to the top of the social ladder and advised parents to allow their children to stay in school till they achieved higher academic laurels.
The Greater Accra Regional Manager of the Islamic Educational Unit, Sheikh Armiyawo Shaibu, who received the cheques on behalf of the institutions, thanked the MP for his continued assistance to educational institutions in his constituency.
He said the apathy of parents and the attitude of Muslim children to education were the major factors that drew back the development of Muslim communities.
Sheik Armiyawo said the unit was working hard to change those negative attitudes to ensure that both parents and children made education a priority in Muslim communities.