Member of Parliament for Lambussie constituency, Professor Titus Kofi Beyuo, has joined the call for the government to include less privileged medical students in the free tertiary education initiative.

According to him, the policy will substantially support such categories of students, who are brilliant yet cannot afford to pay their fees.

Speaking on Joy Prime’s Prime Morning Show, he cited himself as an example, noting that he wouldn’t have been able to accomplish his medical ambitions if his tuition fees had not been partially covered.

“It’s true that there are people who are less privileged who will need help and support. There are other avenues through which those people can be helped. There’s room to discuss adding that category of people to this free tertiary education. It is justified for us to make that call; I will make that call. I’ll ask them to look if they could include especially people from underprivileged homes.”

“I couldn’t have been a doctor if I were asked to pay full fees. I had to push the truck to pay my fees; I had to sell water and do all of that. There’s no way I could pay a full fee today if I was offered that, and there are people like me in different parts of this country that also need to develop their full potential. So, there’s room to consider them,” he said.

He is appealing to President John Mahama and Education Minister, Haruna Iddrisu to take into account at least half of those category of students, even if not all of them.

The legislator pointed out that no one should be denied access to proper education because they come from underprivileged homes, noting that these are the people who will be willing to stay and serve the country diligently.

“It’s a justified call because the fact that you’re from an underprivileged home should not deny you access, and these are the people who actually would stay and work. They’re the people if you send them to any village, they’ll go because they’re coming from there.”

Meanwhile, President John Dramani Mahama has pledged more scholarships for students in deprived communities while delivering a speech at the National Prayer and Thanksgiving Day ceremony in Kanda, Accra.

Also, Haruna Iddrisu, during his vetting before Parliament’s Appointments Committee as the Education Minister-designate, announced that the admission fees of first-year public tertiary students will be refunded.

This has awakened the excitement of the majority of tertiary students across the country.