MTN Commended For Awarding Scholarships

Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah, has commended the MTN Ghana Foundation for supporting 100 brilliant and needy students in public tertiary institutions to assist them in achieving their dreams in life.

According to him, government alone cannot support education thus need to support of corporate organizations like MTN to support the students to keep their dreams alive.

The MTN BRIGHT scholarship Award seeks to support a total of 300 brilliant but needy students on annual basis.

The scholarship, which covers tuition and accommodation fees as, well as GH¢500.00 per semester stipend for reading materials, was handed to the beneficiaries at a ceremony held in Accra on Wednesday.

Receipients, including 10 persons with disability, thronged the Headquarters of MTN with their parents to receive their first stipend of GHC500 as well an official congratulation from CEO of MTN, Selorm Adadevoh, for winning the scholarship award.

An elated Prof Yankah said government was committed to making education as accessible as possible to all Ghanaian of school going age, as demonstrated by huge investment in that area.

Also, Mr. Adadevo said MTN is committed to the empowerment of the youth because investment in them was an investment for a better future in Ghana.

He shared a story of a friend who dared to dream and followed through to accomplishment, and thus advised the beneficiaries to be committed to the educational path they had taken.

Mr. Adadevoh added that, the MTN Foundation was expectant of a better outcome of the scholarship awards urging them to demonstrate leadership, integrity and build a strong ‘can do’ spirit as they had become ambassadors of the MTN brand.