A brilliant, but needy, Stephen Koomson, whose childhood ambition to become a lawyer, but nearly went down to the drain due to lack of financial support has been offered a full scholarship by the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) to study law at the University of Ghana (Legon) after stories about him engaging in illegal mining activities to make ends meet after completing SHS with great grades emerged on social media
The 21-year-old former student of Mpohor SHS performed creditably in the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in 2021, scoring 5As and 3Bs across various subjects. However, he could not proceed to the next level of the educational ladder to the lack of wherewithal by his parents.
Fortunately, a
few days ago, a news story about him showed him engaging in illegal mining
popularly known as galamse. Pictures attached to the story showed him looking
dirty as a result of the dangerous mining activities.
Many Ghanaians
reacted to Koomson’s story and pleaded with benevolent individuals and
organisations to come to his aid. Thankfully, the GNPC has stepped in to save the
young man’s future.
“We are
enrolling him on the GNPC scholarship immediately to put his dreams of becoming
a lawyer back on track and we are just as excited to offer him an opportunity to
facilitate this in consonance with the tenets of our Education & Training
mandate,” Executive Director of the GNPC Foundation, Dr Dominic Eduah said.
He added that
his outfit is collaborating with other relevant stakeholders to ensure Koomson
gains admission to the University of Ghana Law School by the next academic
year.
Koomson
expressed gratitude to the GNPC and pledged to study hard and make good use of
the opportunity offered to him.
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