As a responsible Corporate Citizen with a Mission Statement “to continue to invest in the best people, technology, and environment” in which the Bank operates, Zenith Bank (Ghana) Limited was the main sponsor of the Distinction Awards for the WASSCE for School Candidates 2020& 2021 which took place on Thursday June 30, 2022 at the Sakyi – Asare Menako Hall, Cantonments in Accra.
At the event, the MD/CEO of Zenith Bank Ghana, Mr. Henry Onwuzurigbo presented a cash prize of GSH30,000 and a laptop to Cecil Tetteh Kumah, a former student of Mfantsipim School, currently studying at the Columbia University in the United States of America, for emerging Overall Best Student for the 2020 WASSCE. Asante Kwame Brako, a former student of the Presbyterian Boys’ Senior High School (PRESEC) and Overall Best Student for the 2021 WASSCE was also presented with a cash prize of GHS30,000 and a laptop by the Bank’s CEO. Master Brako is currently reading Computer Science at Ashesi University.
In her remarks, the Head of the National Office of the West African Examinations Council, Mrs. Wendy Addy-Lamptey stated that the Awards ceremony is to celebrate the exceptional performance of candidates who distinguish themselves in the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations. Mrs. Gifty Twum Ampofo, Deputy Minister in charge of Technical and Vocational Education and Training, who represented the Minister of Education as Guest Speaker for the event, commended WAEC for the initiative and elaborated on the interventions put in place by the Ministry of Education to ensure that the nation produces well-rounded agents of change. Also present at the event were the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, other dignitaries and students from some Senior High Schools in the country. Nine other students who excelled in a variety of disciplines were also recognized.
Zenith Bank Ghana remains committed to the social, economic and environmental wellbeing of its stakeholders. The Bank’s CSR initiatives focus on education, human capital development and health. The Bank’s commitment to education includes the institution of the Zenith Bank Educational scholarship scheme in 2007 for exceptionally brilliant but underprivileged children in communities in which the Bank operates to enable such children fully realise their potential without financial uncertainty. The scholarship scheme covers tuition, books, clothing, feeding, accommodation and allowances for beneficiaries and has been running for fifteen (15) years. Beneficiaries of the scheme are currently enrolled in the Achimota Senior High School, Achimota Basic School, Presby Senior High School and Kibi School for the Deaf.
Other educational initiatives undertaken by the Bank include partnerships with government to equip public school computer laboratories with desk top computers and accessories, under the Millennium Schools Project , the sponsorship of specific prize categories to best performing students in some Ghanaian schools and tertiary institutions, as well as the renovation, rebuilding and re-equipping of some public schools in the country by staff of the Bank to provide conducive teaching and learning environments.
Zenith Bank is an African Bank providing global banking services in West Africa, the Middle East, Far East and Europe. Zenith Bank Ghana is a member of the Ghana Deposit Protection Scheme.
