70 FAKO GIRLS RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIP FROM ANNE MOJOKO MUSONGE MEMORAL TRUST

Seventy young girls from Fako Division have benefited financial support from the Anne Mojoko Mosunge Memorial Trust, to assist their parents meet their school requirements for the 2015/ 2016 academic year.

Advising the selected needy and deserving young women at the head office of the Trust in Bokova, on the occasion of the end edition of the Anne Mojoko Mosunge Memorial Trust Scholarship Award Ceremony, the Board Chairman of the Trust, H.E Senator Peter Mafany Musonge stressed on the need to take their book work very serious. He urged them to strive harder to reach for the summit in keeping with the motto of the Trust. Acknowledging the increasing number of Scholarship applicants as the year goes by, Senator Mafany Musonge disclosed that the Trust is cautious to remain modest given its young age and future prospect s, “There is an increasing demand, but you can’t give everybody who applies, because the resources are always limited. We have to constantly look for resources, making sure that the Trust lasts for some time, as long as possible, so we can’t deplete all the resources by giving everybody a scholarship. We want to encourage performance, conduct, morality and excellence in all that they do, so we thin

k that every year we shall reach out to these young girls” The parents present at the ceremony were also advised to use the money given to their children judiciously. They were further called upon to provide their children with enough time to study and do their home work. On behalf of the beneficiary students, Enanga Pricilla Mokosso, upper sixth student of government High School Bokoango thanked the Trust for coming to their assistance at this time of the year, promising to be disciplined and hard working, so that they can attain the summit of their education career, “After receiving this scholarship, I feel good because, it will help me meet my school requirements, like the payment of my fees. I am so, so grateful to the Trust for remembering us needy meritoriuos students, and I call on other students to work harder so that they can also benefit from the largess of the Trust next year.” LYONGA Sharon 2nd Year University of Buea student also expressed that, “this scholarship will enable me pay my school fees as well as purchase some hand outs. I am so grateful to the Senator, I lack words to say.” The students who received Awards ranging from 25,000 FRS CFA to 60,000 FRS CFA each were selected from Primary, Secondary, Vocational Technical and University Institutions within Fako Division Also present at the Scholarship Award Ceremony were the first Vice Speaker of the National Assembly Hon Monjua Emilia Sijoka, the general manager of C.D.C, The Mayor of Buea Council amongst other top Dignitaries. The Anne Mojoko Musonge Memorial Trust was launched on the 5th of October 2014 in honor of late Anne Mojoko Mosunge nee Mbongo wife of former Prime Minister now Senator and Grand Chancellor of National Orders, H.E Senator Peter Mafany Musonge with the objective of providing educational opportunities for young Fako women between the ages 12-22 at the primary to the University levels.