ACP Awuni gives back to his Alma mater

ACP Awuni                               

Photo: ACP Awuni during the presentation

The National Commander of the Motor Transport and Traffic Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service, Agwunbotoge ACP Awuni has implored teachers to shun negativities that have the tendency of jeopardizing the future of their students but rather remain discipline and focus by sticking to their core mandate. He said teachers have the ultimate responsibility of instilling in students’ quality knowledge and values, hence the need for them to exercise high sense of decorum and responsibility in the course of their duties. ACP Awuni gave the advice when he presented over 2000 exercise and foolscap note books to students and pupils of Adakura cluster of school at Adakura, a surburb of Zuarungu in the Bolgatanga Municipality. The presentation of the books valued at the cost of GH¢ 4,000 was made possible through the combine effort of ACP Awuni and other collaborators, after continuous lobbying by the Assemblyman for the area.  Making the presentation, ACP Awuni, who is a past student of the school said the donation does not only forms part of his social responsibility of giving back to the society but also to his alma mater, having recognize the need to support the poor and  needy students in deprived communities of  the region. He promised to support the school with computers during his next visit and urged the students to make god use of the books to ensure their life span. The donation ACP Awuni reiterated demonstrates his total commitment to the development of education in the school and pledged to extend similar packages to other deprived schools in the area, notably Zuarungu Moshie Primary and JHS.  He encouraged parents to take education of their wards seriously since it is the best legacy they can bequeath their children. According to him, teachers are required to play a leading role in the education of children, adding that posterity will judge us if we fail in our quest to providing the best of quality education to our children. Education, he noted has the capacity of breaking the shackles’ of poverty, which he noted was the number enemy thwarting the country’s development. ACP Awuni therefore appealed to all well meaning Ghanaians to complement the effort of government by contributing their widows’ mite in ensuring that children are given the best in education. The Headteacher of Adakura Primary, Jack Anaba Akurigo, who received the books on behalf of the school thanked ACP Awuni and his collaborators for the kind gesture and appealed to other philanthropists and benevolent agencies to emulate the gesture. The Assembly member for the area, Martin Akanane also showed his deepest appreciation to ACP Awuni for his show of concern and patriotism and assured the community that he will not relent in his effort to enhancing education in the area, stating that he will continue to lobby for more educational materials to support schools in the area. The Chief of Zuarungu Daborim, Boyadana Asaduko Amoa for his part appealed to ACP Awuni to assist the school with reading materials and text books to help improve the reading skills of the students.

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