Ghana’s Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, has donated an amount of 20,000 Ghana cedis to facilitate a six year old KG2 pupil living with hearing loss in the Sekondi Constituency of the Western Region.
The young girl has been living with the condition for the past two years. The situation has affected her education. All efforts to find cure has proven unsuccessful.
She was recently examined at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital where it was indicated that she would require a hearing aid to support her level of hearing in order to acquire speech and communicate effectively.
Since the device could not be supplied by the facility, an invoice from the supplier was issued to her parents for purchase. Her parents have since been struggling to raise money for the hearing aid.
Member of Parliament for Sekondi, Andrew Egyapa Mercer who donated the money on behalf of the Vice President indicated that Dr. Bawumia is known for the numerous support given to the underprivileged.
He says it is the hope of the Vice President that the amount given will be used for the intended purpose.
“We all know the Vice President is known for giving. He has love for humanity and consistently over the years has supported many underprivileged. It is in his nature to make such supports. As part of his first round campaign tour visited the Western Region and through that, he was informed about the predicament of the six year old girl. Being a listening Vice President, he sent me as the MP for the area to support the young girl with the amount to purchase the hearing aid machine,” he indicated.
Haruna Ousman, father of the young girl was grateful to the Vice President for the support.
“I pray God shower blessings upon him and make him victorious in the upcoming election. My daughter has been living with hearing impairment for some years now. We took her to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital and they recommended we purchase a hearing aid for her. But since we don’t have the money for it, we have decided to solicit for financial support. The Vice President heard about it and came to support us. We are very grateful to him,” he expressed gratitude.
Alhaji Labib, Western Region Nasara Cordinator for the New Patriotic Party indicated that the Vice President had already donated an amount of 40, 000 dollars to support a Deputy Chief Imam in the Western Region who was suffering kidney failure to undergo treatment outside the country.
By Eric Nana Gyetuah|ConnectFM|Takoradi
