Regional News of Saturday, 30 November 2019Source: ghananewsagency.orgBongo Assembly awards tertiary scholarships to 64 studentsSome of the beneficiary students in a photograph with the Bongo DCEThe Bongo District Assembly in the Upper East Region has awarded scholarships to 64 tertiary students to support them to pay their school fees. The DCE said the district was given GHC64, 000.00 to support brilliant, but needy students who gained admission into tertiary institutions and disclosed that over 200 students applied for the grant, but 64 were selected to benefit. The DCE therefore appealed to government to consider decentralising every sector recruitment exercise to the various district levels to enable many local people to benefit from such initiatives. The students expressed gratitude to the Bongo District Assembly and government for the support and promised to study hard to come out well-equipped to contribute meaningfully to nation building. Ms Mercy Awintanga, a student of University of Cape Coast said she could not pay her fees last year due to poverty.

Source: GhanaWeb November 30, 2019 12:22 UTC