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Wa, Ghana – National Democratic Congress Member of parliament hopeful for Wa Central, Lawyer Wahid Iddrisu Bampuori hits the headlines after assisting a Northern Star Senior High School in Wa to construct a multipurpose park for their sporting events.
The intervention came as a sigh of relief for Northern Star to prepare in earnest ahead of the Inter-school sports competition currently ongoing across the region.
Adopted by government in 2016, the school has not received this year’s subvention to enable them prepare and participate in the SHS sports competitions to the later.
But the fast rising politician put smiles on the faces of the school authorities when he sent a contractor to clear a large area of land for the school to step up their preparation.
Athletics, football, volleyball, handball, long jump, high jump and other activities can all be undertaken in the school.
Speaking to Radio Progress’ Alhassan Erasung Tajudeen, the Physical Education Teacher, Mr. Alhassan Sharifdeen was full of praise for the Member of Parliament hopeful.
“It will inure to the benefit of the school in varied ways. We now have a befitting football pitch. It just did not come with a football pitch alone, we have constructed a volleyball field and athletic track as well” Sharifdeen observed.
Last year, the school could not partake in all the activities but for the intervention, Sharifdeen envisaged a change in fortunes of the school in terms of sports saying the school is now qualified to host sports competitions.
Mr. Sharifdeen backed the students to see the intervention as an opportunity to become the likes of Michael Essien and Sule Ali Muntari.
Angaamwini Sadik and Liedip Ernestina are the student leaders.Their beaming faces tells the story. They expressed their satisfaction with the kind gesture showed them and they observed it as a timely intervention. They ambitiously promised good outings in this year’s competitions and the years to come.
Now boasting of a befitting field, the school inter house competitions was launched Wednesday and the Member of Parliament hopeful did not cease to amaze them.
Ahead of the games, Mr. Wahid donated 9 boxes of assorted drinks, 5 boxes of Voltic, 30 bags of sachet water and 20 containers of glucose worth one thousand five hundred Ghana cedi to the school.
Lawyer Bampuori Wahid Iddrisu who is a private legal practotioner is one of the many candidates who is in the race to go for who will win the Wa central NDC Parliamentary primaries later this year.
By Savannahnewsonline.com/Alhassan Erasung Tajudeen
