By
Macdonald Ayang Okumb
Senator Peter Mafany Musonge says plans
are in the offing, once the means are also available, to extend a scholarship
scheme instituted in memoriam of his late spouse, Anne Mojoko Musonge, beyond
their indigenous Fako division.
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| Senator Musonge Handing over Envelop to Beneficiary |
He expressed the wish last week at the
second ever edition of the scholarship award ceremony hosted at the head office
of the ‘Anne Mojoko Musonge Memorial Trust’ in Bokova, Buea. Musonge is Board Chair
of the Trust.
70 awardees who were selected from over
250 who applied, received cash collectively amounting to millions of FCFA. The packages ranged from FCFA 25, 000 for
pupils to FCFA 50,000 for varsity students. Secondary school students as well as
those from other professional institutions of learning had their own share as
well.
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| Some of the Beneficiaries Pose with Benefactors |
The awardees, who were chosen based on
certain criteria including academic brilliance and moral uprightness, were
urged to use the money given them judiciously. They also were challenged to be
studious in order to record impressive results in their exams; a thing which
would encourage their benefactors to do more next time.
The scholarship scheme is solely for
girl children because late Anne Musonge (in whose honour the scheme was
started) took unwavering interest in the education of the girl child and was
also an ardent advocate for gender issues. No doubt she founded the popular
Fako Women’s Development Association, known by the English acronym FAWODA.
In attendance at the award event were;
the MP for Buea Rural, Hon Emilia Lifaka, Cameroon Development Corporation General
Manager, Franklin Njie, Former MP for Buea Urban, Hon Meoto Njie, Buea Mayor, Patrick
Ekema, Secondary Education Delegate for the South West, Francis Ngundu,
Principals of some schools in Buea, staff of the schools concerned, parents of
beneficiaries as well as the population of the BONAVADA community.
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