The Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, has recounted how the Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom Bursary made it possible for him to complete his secondary education.

According to him, he faced financial challenges during his school days, as his parents were unable to pay his fees due to his mother’s unemployment and his father’s demotion.

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In an interview on JoyNews on October 27, 2025, Afenyo-Markin explained that his friends’ parents supported him with his fees from his first year through to his second year, before he became a beneficiary of the Nduom bursary.

He added that the Papa Kwesi Nduom Bursary was a competitive award he won, which helped him to complete his education.

“But for Papa Kwesi Ndoum’s bursary, I sitting here wouldn't have completed SHS… By the way, the parents of my friends supported my fees in year one and year two, and by year three, things were bad. My mom was out of work; my stepdad had been demoted. He was at Pomadze poultry, they were not being paid, and he got demoted because of politics.

“They say he had followed Kufuor in the 1996 Election, so he was demoted and transferred, and made a watchman from a mason foreman. He was sent to Ankaful - that's where Pomadze Poultry had some old machines and he was sent there, and Pomadze Poultry business was going down. So, they were not being paid,” he said.

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The lawmaker added, “I was almost dropping out, but Ndoum brought his bursary, and he said anybody who will break his record should get that bursary. It was a competition, and so, it wasn't even for a brilliant but poor child. It was a competition, and by the grace of God, I won it.”

Watch the video below:

But for Paa Kwesi Nduom’s bursary, I wouldn’t have completed SHS - Afenyo-Markin, Minority Leader.#PMExpress pic.twitter.com/guNQEzmbii

— JoyNews (@JoyNewsOnTV) October 27, 2025