Boy who had 5 A's in WAEC works on farm because there's no money for school

A brilliant young man from the Upper West Region named Alex Kontondaba Lieyuor has obtained full scholarship after a story about him was reported recently.

The young man was forced to resort to farm works, following his family’s low finances and inability to fund his tertiary education.

This was after he obtained 5As in his West African Senior School Certificate Examination and had admission to study Actuarial Science at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).

The intervention

According to 3news.com, Agriaccess Ghana Limited, an agricultural company in the Upper West Region capital of Wa, is the firm giving full scholarship to Lieyour to undertake a four-year university education.

The package covers tuition fee, which will be paid directly to the respective school, room and boarding fees, which will also be paid directly to the facility, and a monthly stipend of GHc500 to be paid to Alex for his upkeep.

At Tuolong, the remote community where Alex hails from, representatives of Agriaccess paid a visit to him and his family to present the scholarship letter to Kontondaba.

Social media reactions

Ghanaians have been expressing joy after seeing the heartwarming intervention by Agriaccess Ghana Limited.

Below were some of their comments.

Mornaah Jeremiah mentioned:

“Ever since this issue started trending, we never heard any of our Upper west politicians coming out to say they will want to help. It’s sad sometimes.”

Asante Quomah Richard indicated:

“Thank you Agriaccess, but am sorry Education is no more attractive to the youth nowadays, cuz if a whole most brilliant student is struggling to gain access to common education because of money. So how do we think, as black men. We simply don’t want to develop period.”

Tina Chaps stated: