Jerry John K. Asiedu, an old student of Anfoega Senior High School (Anfoesec) and a lawyer, commissioned a new 500-seater capacity canteen for his alma mater on October 23, 2023.
The canteen, which is the biggest single-building canteen for any secondary school in the Volta Region, is Asiedu’s way of giving back to the school that played a significant role in his life.
Asiedu, who sold bread on campus as a student 20 years ago, said he was inspired to build the canteen after seeing the dilapidated state of the old one, which had remained the same for over two decades.
“I decided it was time to change this story of our dear school,” he said in his commissioning speech. “When Mr. Ernest Adevor (a teacher) and Mr. Adonoo (a former Assistant headmaster) suggested that I help the school by constructing a new canteen, I discussed this with my lovely wife, Mrs. Gloria Quaynor-Asiedu who wholeheartedly agreed that constructing a new canteen was a good call.”
Asiedu funded the project from his personal resources and said that it was worth the sacrifice.
“It is not possible for a single individual to cook food for the satisfaction of an entire town, but certainly that single man can start the fire for the cooking of the food for the entire town,” he said.
Asiedu urged other old students and well-wishers to support the school in other ways, such as providing infrastructural and logistic needs.
He also appealed to the headmaster and his team to make good use of the facility and adhere to the highest level of professionalism in managing it.
The commissioning ceremony was attended by the District Chief Executive of North Dayi, the Member of Parliament for North Dayi, the Regional Director of Education, the District Director of Education, the Headmaster of Anfoesec, among others.