Builsa South Member of Parliament(MP) Dr Clement Apaak has authorised the District Assembly to release and disburse GH₵231,200 cedis from his portion of the common fund to 264 students.
The money is to pay the fees of the students who are constituents as part of his support programme, which started in 2017.
Under the programme, the beneficiaries are selected by his Students’ Support Selection Committee from a total of 426 applications.
In the authorisation letter to the Builsa South District Assembly, Dr Apaak, who is the Deputy Ranking member on Parliament’s Education Committee and a spokesperson on education for the NDC 2024 campaign, noted that out of the 264, 140 of the beneficiaries are females and 124 are males.
Also, the beneficiaries of 264 comprise 182 students from various universities and 82 students from nursing and teacher training colleges.
Each of the 182 university students will receive a support package of GH₵1,000, while the 82 nursing and teacher trainees will receive GH₵600 each.
Due to limited funding, not all applicants could be accommodated.
However, Dr. Apaak has encouraged unsuccessful applicants to reapply next year, as priority will be given to those who met the criteria but could not get funding.
Since the start of the initiative, 995 students have benefitted with a total amount of GH₵ 747,000 disbursed.
In addition to education, Dr. Apaak has also made noteworthy life transforming interventions in the areas of health care delivery, water and sanitation, youth and women empowerment, and agriculture.
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