The Chief Executive of Engineers and Planners, Ibrahim Mahama, has supported his alma mater, Tamale Senior High School, with 1,000 bags of rice, 200 cartons of tin fish, 200 carton of tin tomatoes and 100 gallons of cooking oil.

This comes at a time most schools are challenged with feeding of students due to deficits in feeding grants.

Tamasco has received food for two months, with a two-month supply still outstanding from the government.

Speaking to the media, Headmaster of Tamasco, Rev Edward Azika, said the school had challenges with food from last academic year.

"There have been food challenges, you can ask the students. There are times we just have to feed them with what is available. We have had challenges with the supply, the supply comes in a very erratic manner," he said.

Rev Azika added that with the support received, the school will now have some stability.

He said even though the academic year has begun, they are yet to receive the full complement of food for the school.

"We expect rice and maize, and all they have given us is portions to be able to take care of the students whiles they mobilise themselves," he said.

The Headmaster noted that they were supposed to have received what will last for the entire semester but they have received for just two months.

He said whiles government is still mobilising the rest of the food, the donation would go a long way in addressing their food challenges.

Rev Azika also commended Mr Ibrahim Mahama for supporting the school with a 550-bed capacity boys dormitory.

He said it will go a long way in addressing some of the accommodation challenges the school is currently facing.

He said engineers have told the school the structural integrity of two dormitories; Hayfron and Tamakloe cannot be guaranteed therefore they have evacuated the students from the top floor of these dormitories.

The Headmaster stated that when the 550-bed dormitory is completed, the students will be relocated to the Gbadamosi House, which was originally planned to be housed in that structure.

He said even though they will need more dormitories in the future for the boys, this current structure will solve the challenge of housing.

Rev Azika added that girls enrolment is almost the same as for the boys and appealed for more dormitories for the girls.

Representative of the business man, Rafic Mahama said Mr Ibrahim's inspiration is to see the students live and learn in a serene environment. He said he is building a boys dormitory which is about 75 percent complete.

Mr Rafic said the school had told them they needed about 986 bags of rice to survive the entire semester but they decided to top it up to 1000 to ensure there are no shortages.

Mr Rafic said the Engineers and Planners CEO has also supported several communities and institutions especially in their catchment area of operations.