Campaign manager for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Frederick Opare-Ansah has emphasized the deep empathy that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer has towards individuals facing hardship.
He expressed no surprise regarding Dr. Bawumia’s dedication to providing free tertiary education for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). Dr. Bawumia, who is the Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has made a commitment to offer free tertiary education to all PWDs admitted to universities in Ghana if he is elected as President.
During a meeting with the clergy in the Western North Region on Thursday, as part of his nationwide tour, Dr. Bawumia highlighted that while scholarships are available to everyone, his administration would prioritize PWDs.
Speaking in an interview with Nana Tuffour Boateng on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News last Friday, Mr Opare-Ansah revealed that the Vice President’s own educational journey had instilled in him a deep understanding and compassion for others.
Generally, the Vice President is quite sensitive to people who are in need and if you listen to him when he relates his own story of how he had to go through as a by day worker on farms to driving taxis in London to support his university education there and cleaning dormitories of students that he was even a tuition assistant to in Canada.
Dr. Bawumia further stated that commencing in 2025, the scholarship will cover both academic and residential expenses for all individuals with disabilities.
I mean it tells you that he feels people’s pain when he sees what they have to go through. So, he is always looking for a solution to some of the problems that people like that face.
So I am not surprised when he outlined this policy that when he is in office he is going to ensure that the scholarship resources are deepened to the point that he will be able to take care of all PWDs who make it into the tertiary level so that it doesn’t become a challenge that perhaps because of your condition and maybe coming from a poor background you are unable to access resources to have tertiary education.
That way once again people will not be limited by their condition and situation to have the best in this country and achieve the best potential that they may have.
