Samira Bawumia urges first-year SHS students to avoid bad friends

Duayaw-Nkwanta, (Ahafo), Sept. 18, GNA- Former Second Lady Mrs Samira Bawumia has advised first-year Senior High School (SHS) students to be guarded against peer group influences, as they pursue secondary education.

She reminded them that joining bad peers would negatively affect their academic performance and consequently truncate their academic pursuit and thereby ruin their future.

Mrs Bawumia gave the advice when Dr Gideon Boako, the Member of Parliament for Tano North Constituency in the Ahafo Region presented some education materials to some first-year students at Duayaw-Nkwanta.

About 2,000 students in the area benefited from the educational package comprising chop boxes, school bags, calculators, pens, exercise books and notebooks and other learning and teaching materials.

Mrs Bawumia challenged the students to remain focused and studious to excel in their academic pursuit.

She commended the MP for his efforts towards improving quality education in the area and inspired him to maintain his spirit of kindness and compassion.

The former second lady later presented undisclosed sums of money to motivate some of the beneficiaries who excelled in their Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

Dr Boako indicated that the gesture was to help ease the financial burdens of families as the students entered their respective SHSs.

He advised the beneficiaries to always concentrate on their books and learn hard to justify the investment made in them.

Mr Stephen Adams Tia, the Tano North Municipal Director of Education thanked the MP for the gesture and lauded his contributions towards the growth and development of education in the municipality.

Some families of the beneficiaries who spoke at the event also expressed appreciation to the MP for the assistance.
GNA
Edited by Dennis Peprah /Kenneth Odeng Adade

Reporter: Augustine Agyapong