Accra,
July 18 GNA - The Second Lady, Mrs. Matilda Amissah Arthur has apologized to
Ghanaians for a comment that she thought was intended to encourage the
community participation in the Kukurantumi basic school.
Speaking
at the 40th Anniversary of the Jack and Jill School in Cantonment, the Second
Lady asked for permission to touch on the issue that has been in the news for
some days now in the country.Mrs
Amissah Arthur explained that last Wednesday, she went to Kukurentumi to make a
presentation of five computers and about 500 books to the Presbyterian Basic
School upon a request she received from some friends.She
said for the past five years she has been helping various deprived schools in
her own small way by making donations to them.She
said she was taken aback when the headmistress of the Presbyterian Basic School
asked for chalk.
Mrs
Amissah Arthur said her response was intended to encourage community
participation in schools unfortunately it did not go down well with Ghanaians.
She is therefore very sorry for what happened that day.Mrs
Amissah Arthur’s, Humanitarian work shows her deep commitment to improve
conditions in deprive communities.Her
advocacy and philanthropic works in education, particularly for children, cuts
across the entire nation.So
far she has championed the construction of schools, libraries and ICT centers
to virtually all the regions in Ghana.She
has also made donations to some schools including Agona Duakwa Islamic Basic
School, Agona Kwanyarko Anglican Basic School all in the Agona East district.She
has also donated educational materials to the Afranse D A Basic School
and the Pomadze D A Basic School
in Gomoa Central District , Oguaa Football for Hope Centre in Cape Coast and
the donation of reading materials to
the Shama Library in the Shama District.Besides,
she inaugurated an Information and Communication Technology and Teachers
Resource Centre for the people of Lower Bobikuma; inauguration of a 30-million
dollar computer laboratory for PLAY Soccer Ghana, a FIFA project based in Cape
Coast, that uses football and ICT to prepare children under nine years for
football and leadership purposes among others.
source:ghananewsagency.org
