The Executive Secretary of Gold Fields Ghana Foundation, Abdel Razak Yakubu, has paid a courtesy call on the Vice Chancellor of Takoradi Technical University, Rev. Prof. John Frank Eshun, as part of his familiarization visit and engagement with TTU students benefiting from the Foundation’s scholarship programme.
The visit had the objective of understanding students’ challenges and explore ways to offer further support in their academic journey.
Mr. Yakubu said that the focus of their scholarship programme is to have more people in technical training institutions like TTU.
“Our scholarship programme is actually skewed towards the technical skills as well as Engineering and Sciences. So we know that as we push that agenda it means more people are going to come into institutions such as this”, he said
The Executive Secretary of Gold Fields Ghana Foundation further requested for the University to facilitate the acquisition of a good hostel for students under its scholarship to aid their academic work.
The Vice Chancellor of TTU, Rev. Prof. John Frank Eshun while expressing the University’s appreciation to Gold Fields Ghana Foundation emphasized the significance of the scholarship to students.
“Thank you very much for coming in to help our students. The students are in need and so your coming here will help them concentrate on learning because some students work and learn at the same time,” he expressed.
Present at the meeting was the Dean of Students, Prof. Bruce Amartey.
