Award winning Ghanaian actor John Dumelo on Tuesday presented an undisclosed amount of money to the Students Financial Aid Office of the University of Ghana, Legon. The actor gave the amount on behalf of his John Dumelo Foundation (JDF) and it is aimed at giving scholarship to two students who are brilliant but lack the financial backing to complete their course at the university. Speaking before the presentation, John said, this year his foundation is embarking on various projects, one of which is to give scholarship and support to brilliant but needy students in the tertiary institutions in the country. According to him, the foundation is starting what can be called ‘the John Dumelo Foundation scholarship for tertiary education’ which will see him sponsor students for the entire duration of their courses or stay in the university. “We are paying for two university students; one Medical student and one Theatre Arts student. We are sponsoring both of them to undergo the whole university education,” he said. The Medical student needs six years to complete the course whiles the Theatre Arts student will use four years. For the entire duration that the lucky students would be staying in school, the JDF would take care of them till completion. At the launch of his J.Melo clothing line earlier this year, John promised to use 20% of the proceeds to support his foundation which was launched on the same day. Every year the JDF will add more students to the scholarship scheme with the “hope to officially sponsor close to 50 students in the next five years.” In accepting the cheque for the first installment, the Dean of Student Affairs, Dr. James K. Adomako thanked the actor for his kind gesture. According to him, many students come to the school with complaints due to their inability to pay their fees. Some are even forced to defer their courses. He went on to assure the actor that the scholarship is in the right course and would help brilliant but needy students. He added that, the school would put the money into good use for the benefit of the students: “Your money would go to support needy students.” On her part, Mrs. Christine Baning, Head of Student Financial Aid Office also thanked the actor and promise her office would administer the scholarship on the new admitted students.