Alhaji Farouk Aliu Mahama, Member of Parliament (MP) for Yendi in the Northern Region has made a donation of food items to the Yendi Senior High School.
The donation was in response to an emergency request and appeal made by the Headmaster of the School, Chief A. M. Hussein to the Member of Parliament to salvage the school from its current food crisis.
The items include 10 Big Gallons of Cooking Oil, 10 Big Cartons of Tin Tomatoes, Mackerel and an amount of GH¢5,000 for the purchase of Bags of Rice.
Presenting the items, Alhaji Farouk Aliu Mahama said the government is putting in measures to ensure delivery of food to the Senior High Schools is very regular.
He said the responsibility bestowed on him as an MP is to initiate developmental projects and ensure the good welfare of his constituents, of which students of the Yendi SHS are part.
“I have made several personal donations to the Yendi SHS including 15 Sewing machines to the school’s Vocational Department, 50 bags of cement and GH¢5,000 for the renovation of the school Mosque.”
Alhaji Farouk Aliu Mahama revealed that education is a top priority on his agenda and that the request is not a worry to him.
He said his office is initiating the Alhaji Aliu Mahama Presidential Library project, an ultra-modern ICT library project to be built on the Yendi SHS premises and named after his late father, former Vice President of Ghana.
“I am again making a personal pledge of GH¢10,000 to the best student of this school who will pass the yet-to-be-written WACCE Examination to the University.”
The Headmaster of the School, Chief Husein said the donation is a big relief to the school.
Yendi, he said, is lucky to have an MP who ‘talks and do’ and that his promises to the school have never failed.
Chief Hussein thanked Alhaji Farouk Aliu Mahama for the gesture and expressed hope that government will deliver the food items to the various schools.
A student, (name withheld) revealed that for two months students have been taking porridge without sugar and added that the school normally served over 100 saucepans but this has now been reduced to 70 saucepans because of the food crisis.
The Yendi Senior High School has a student population of 3,455. 57% are female and 43% are male.