Dauda Tahiru, the Assembly member for the Gauso East electoral area in the Obuasi Municipality of th Ashanti Region, has donated GHS10,000 worth of shoes to pupils of the Saqquafiya Islamic School, the only Islamic school in Obuasi.
Presenting the items to the school, Mr. Tahiru, who is also the CEO of YAA-LATIF Engineering, said the donation forms part of his personal commitment to enhance teaching and learning in the school and motivate other stakeholders to contribute to the development of the school.
He advised the students to study hard to obtain higher grades to encourage other benevolent persons to assist them.
Mr. Tahiru, who is an old student of the school appealed to parents to prioritize the education of their wards and implored other stakeholders especially the Islamic community to support the school.
The Assistant head-teacher, Mr. Owusu Boateng, who received the items on behalf of the school, expressed gratitude to Mr. Dauda Tahiru and pleaded with other well-meaning Ghanaians and non-governmental organisations to assist the school.
The head-teacher asked parents to guide their children once they come home from school rather than allowing them to engage in other activities that affect their studies.
He also appealed to the government to extend the School Feeding Programme to the Saqquafiya school.
“Due to the absence of school feeding in our school, we have lost most of our children to other schools who enjoy school feeding. This has really affected enrolment in Saqquafiya. We need the government to intervene”.
