Hon Jonh Kumah donates Ghc100k Afia Kobi Ampem SHS Engineering Club
The Deputy Finance Minister, and the Member of Parliament for Ejisu Constituency, Jonh Ampontuah Kumah has donated Ghc100, 000 to the Engineering Club of Afia Kobi Ampem Girls Senior High School for building and flying an aeroplane.
The donation come days the Kumasi based OTEC 102.9 FM broadcast the video of school flying the aeroplane in a viral video.
The minister has also pledged to construct and ultramodern ICT center for the school which will provide a special place for the engineering club to continue their good work.
Speaking to OTEC News Jacob Agyenim Boateng, Hon John Kuma said the gesture was to motivate the students to do more and come out with more innovative crafts capable of solving societal problems.
Hon Jonh Kuma presented the cash on Saturday May 6, 2023 when he visited the school.
Government support
The Deputy finance Minister however pledged government’s support to the students.
“Even though i can in my individual capacity to support the students, i can still assure you of government’s total support to this project”
We will work together to get funding from both local and international sources to push you forward and i want to encourage you to come out with a man-craft in near future.
Receiving the money on behalf of the Engineering Club, the Headmistress of the school, Madam Silvia Newton thanked the MP for the recognition.
She noted that, the donation will go along to help the procurement of materials for other innovative crafts.
She however called on other individuals of cooperate firms to support the students financial in their craft.
Engineering Club’s readiness
The lead Engineer Mr Ferdinand Sam, who is the brain of the various innovative projects in the school, said they were ready to commercialize their crafts with the right support.
He noted that, the school was ever ready to build man-crafts for the country’s security agencies such as the Army, Police, fire service and the Navy.
He noted that, they have already created a blueprint for water craft which can detect minerals and missing persons in the vast and deep river, delivery drones rockets among others.
He urged authorities in the country to believe and invest in them to achieve something tangible for the nation.
Background
The Engineering Club of Afia Kobi Ampem Girls SHS in April 2023, designed and flew a jet Aircraft as part of their project work in the school.
This is the maiden flight for a Naval Maritime Patrol aircraft made by Afua Kobi Ampem Girls SHS Engineering Club and was lead by Mr Daniel Opoku (OMEGA), Project Coordinator with Mr Alex Duodu, Mr Bismark Owusu and Mr Ferdinand Sam as project Engineers.
Video of the project has since gone viral following a publication by the Kumasi based OTEC 102.9 on their prime time afternoon political show “Dwabrem”, hosted by Prince Ade(D. O. K Cash).
In the viral video, the team took the aircraft to the field to test-fly it, nanad to the astonishment of other students present, the plane flew at a very high altitude without any problem.
The project has since caught the attention of millions of Ghanaians with many calling on the government and other stakeholders in the education sector to support the students do more.
Source: Ghana/otecfmghana.com/Jacob Agyenim Boateng
