” I observed during the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) monitoring with the Deputy Minister of Education incharge of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) also the member of parliament for Abuakwa North Constituency, Honourable Gifty Twum-Ampofo, the Regional and Municipal Education Directors, Mrs Margaret Nsiah-Asamoah and Miss Abena Gyamerah respectively that, Abuakwa North Municipal Education Directorate needed to be taken care of with water and other drinks to fortify them in their discharge of the five day examination process hence my decision to donate seventeen (17) cartons of malt drinks and thirty-five (35) cartons of bottled water. A kind gesture I emulated from my political God father, Nana Akufo-Addo, the President of the Republic of Ghana and the Commander In chief Of The Ghana Armed Forces, my utmost appreciations to him always”, stated Hon. Alhaji Umar Babs Bodinga.
He therefore, admonished all officials and invigilators to continue to deliver their core mandates with the best of diligence devoided of any intimidation or whatsoever to make the examination process successful.
The Honourable Municipal Chief Executive, emotionally opted with impulse decision, to take charge of the feeding of some candidates from other small but remote towns namely, Nobi, Anweabeng and Abremponsu, who have been given temporal stay, around the examination centres because of commuting difficulties, as hinted by the Municipal Education Director.
Receiving the donations with emotions, Miss Abena Gyamerah, the Municipal Education Director, expressed her profound gratitude to the Municipal Chief Executive and pledged maximum cooperation to build the education sector in the Municipality for national development.
The items were received in the presence of some selected staff of the directorate.
According to Miss Abena Gyamerah, thousand five hundred and ninety five (1,595) candidates are expected to write the examination in the municipality.
The presentation he said, is the first institutional donation since the beginning of his tenure of office and it’s just the first of many more to come.
Hon. Umar Babs Bodinga (Alhaji), newly confirmed Municipal Chief Executive of Abuakwa North Assembly in the Eastern Region of Ghana made these donations together with some selected staff from the Municipal Assembly, 16th November, 2021 to facilitate all officials and Invigilators of the year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination.
The examinations, which will end on Friday, November 19, will be held at 2,158 centres, with a total of 571,894 candidates across the country.
By// Nana Kwasi Asare
Source// Obohnews.
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