Former Deputy Education Minister, , has recounted the financial struggles he endured as a student, revealing that he had to work extra hard just to stay in school.
Speaking in a recent interview with broadcaster Kafui Dey, the Member of Parliament for Assin South recalled how, apart from his first year's tuition, which he managed to pay in full, he struggled to afford fees in subsequent years. "From the second and third years onward, I couldn't pay my fees in full,there were times I had no money at all not even enough to make a deposit", he recounted.
Faced with the threat of being unable to register for his courses, he often turned to his department heads for help. "I would go to my Head of Department either Professor Aboah, or Professor Sarpomaa, or Professor Amankwah, they were all department heads at the time.
I had to ask them to write undertakings on my behalf, assuring the school that I would pay later in the semester", he remarked.
