GREL awards scholarship to tertiary students at Abura
Andrews Gyawu (2nd from left), receiving his cheque from Mr. Barre whilst shaking hands with Awulae Amihere Kpinyili II. With them is Prey Mensah II, Adeshehene of Nsein (left)
The Managing Director of the Ghana Rubber Estates Limited (GREL), Mr Lionel Barre, has asked students who enjoy GREL scholarship package to justify their inclusion in the scholarship by sticking to their books and obeying the rules and regulations of their respective institutions.
He said so many brilliant-but-needy students attended the selection interview so if they were lucky to be picked they must show that they really qualified for the scholarship.
Mr Barre stated this at a scholarship awards to tertiary students and presented school bags and uniforms to Basic School pupils in their catchment areas at Abura in the Ahanta West Municipality in the Western Region.
GREL presented scholarships to 24 brilliant-but-needy students, 1,000 school bags and uniforms to basic school pupils at the cost of GH¢94,400.00 in the operational areas as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.
He said 19 school buildings, libraries and teachers’ bungalows had been constructed all over the catchment areas to promote teaching and learning, adding “annual vacation classes for 4,500 Primary and Junior High Schools where GREL pays the tuition, learning materials and feeding the pupils”.
He said the idea of vacation classes was to keep the pupils away from illegal mining and other child labour activities during the holidays.
He told the beneficiary students that GREL would pay all academic facility user fees, support their residential facility user fees throughout the period and that the best way for the beneficiaries to reciprocate the gesture was to study, abide by the rules and excel in their various fields of study.
The Paramount Chief of Eastern Nzema Traditional Area, Awulae Amihere Kpinyili II on behalf of the Association of Chiefs on whose Lands GREL Operates (ACLANGO) thanked GREL for the support to the students.
He advised the students to take their lessons seriously and discard the get-rich-quick attitude which could land them in trouble.
Andrews Gyawu, a beneficiary, on behalf of his colleagues thanked GREL and their parents and promised that they would not disappoint the company.
From Peter Gbambila-Abura
