15th August 2025
PRESS RELEASE
EDUCATION MINISTER HON. HARUNA IDDRISU PAYS THE SCHOOL FEES OF FORTY-SEVEN (47) CONTINUING MEDICAL STUDENTS IN TAMALE CENTRAL CONSITUENCY
The Minister for Education and Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Honourable Haruna Iddrisu has taken over the payment of Tuition Fees of Forty-Seven (47) continuing Medical Students initiated by the late Member of Parliament for Tamale Central and Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Dr. Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed. The gesture is to honour the selfless and humanitarian memory of the late Dr. Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed.
Honourable Haruna Iddrisu released a total amount of One Hundred and Eighty Eight Thousand Ghana Cedis(GHC188,000.00) for the payment of the fees of forty seven medical students on Friday, 15th August 2025 in Tamale.
Honourable Haruna Iddrisu during the final funeral rites of the late Tamale Central Member of Parliament pledged to take over the full payment of the Tuition Fees of the Forty-Seven Medical Students from various universities in the country until the beneficiary students completed their medical training programmes.
The education minister has chosen not to only pay tribute in words but also to give life to his values through action, by personally taking the responsibility to pay the school fees of these forty-seven medical students whose fees were fully paid by the late Dr. Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed.
This gesture is not just about financial support, but about investing in hope, people’s wellbeing, it is also about keeping alive the selfless dream of the late Dr. Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed to ensuring that every young person pursued higher education and be able to serve humanity.
The initiative to sponsor the medical training of the medical students in the Tamale Central Constituency by the late Member of Parliament was to contribute to bridging the “Doctor-Patient” gap in the Northern Region as well as improve health care delivery.
These medical students are the nation’s future health workers, Doctors and Surgeons alike, they stand to serve this nation for generations, a service both the Hon Haruna Iddrisu and the late Murtala Muhammed have embodied so well.
Honourable Haruna Iddrisu has demonstrated with this gesture that, “leadership is not all about positions we hold, but the lives we touch on daily basis and that is why the Education Minister is immortalizing the memory of the late Member of Parliament by continuing a highly cherished desire of him (Murtala) in uplifting and creating opportunities for the younger people.”
We take inspiration from this gesture and are reminded that with every act of kindness comes with some blessings. Hon Haruna Iddrisu has shown that no dream should be cut short for lack of means.
It is expected that this noble gesture by the Hon. Haruna Iddrisu will inspire others to rise to the call of service.
May the memory of the late Dr. Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed inspire us to serve humanity.
Abdul-Ganiyu Sandow (CEO, Haruna Institute)
