The 2002 Year Group of the Asuansi Technical Institute, popularly known as Asu Tech, has donated sports kits to its Alma Mater ahead of the upcoming schools and colleges games.
The items, which include a set of jerseys, running vests, footballs, volleyballs, bibs, ice chests and first-aid kits, were meant to bolster the morale of the students prior to the commencement of the competition.
Speaking at the presentation ceremony, the 2002 School Prefect, Mr. John Martin Yankey, stated that the donation formed part of a bigger plan that the Year Group had for the institute. He said, “Though we understand that you might have some few challenges, we deemed it appropriate to create an enabling platform for you to tell us the exact assistance you may need from us as old students.
“So our mission here is just to interact with the school authorities, the students, as well as those our mothers who cooked for us at the kitchen, to, first of all, understand your issues,” he explained.
According to Mr. Yankey, who studied Mechanical Engineering between 2000 and 2002, the 2002 ATOSA Group was positioning itself to give back to the school, as part of its vision and core mandate.
“I wish to assure that this is just the beginning of what we have planned for the current students and the great Asu Tech, our Alma Mater, in particular,” he added.
Giving a piece of advice to the students, Mr. Yankey stated that the current students of the school were more privileged, because they had more advanced programmes and subjects to study.
“Count yourselves blessed, because you have the honour to study English, Mathematics and Integrated Science, something we did not have during our days here, and I must say that this affected some of us.
“But, that notwithstanding, a part of the hundreds of engineers and technicians we have among us, we also have accountants, journalists and even a medical doctor too,” he added.
Mr. Yankey, who manages the Highgate and Rebel Hospitalities in New York City as a Chief Engineer, tasked the students to pay attention to their teachers and take their studies seriously.
This, he said, would help the students to be able to acquire practical knowledge, pass their exams, and become useful citizens in the near future.
The Principal of the institute, Mr. Ismael Arthur, expressed his profound gratitude to the group for the honour done the school, and called on other year groups to emulate the gesture.
He said: “We are grateful for this donation, and it is going to set the pace for others to also come around and help. We pray that God will bless you more, so that you will be able to do more to assist the school.”
A former tutor, Mr. Emmanuel Hanson, who joined the 2002 Old Students to donate the items, advised the students to comport themselves at all times, and be submissive to the school rules and regulations.
The President of ATOSA 2002, Mr. Justice Honey Amissah, and others took turns to address the students and shared their life experiences in a bid to encourage and motivate them.
