Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, the former Finance Minister and Member of Parliament (MP) for the Karaga Constituency, has opened up about the struggles and hardships he faced while growing up.
The former finance minister, in sharing his story, urged Ghanaian youths to never give up on their dreams.
He disclosed that growing up, he experienced severe hardship, including nights without food and mornings without even GHS 1 for breakfast.
Dr Amin Adam further encouraged young people not to let failure derail them, while remembering how he himself failed to gain admission to secondary school through the standard academic route.
Speaking at a public event, Amin Adam stated, “You will fall many times along the journey, but each time you fall, rise up immediately and move ahead”.
“I have struggled in life, and there have been moments I slept without food; there have been days I woke up without even GHS 1 to eat breakfast. But struggles should strengthen you, not break you,” he noted.
“I have failed exams many times. I went to school as a sports boy because I couldn’t pass the exams to gain admission to secondary school, and that didn’t deter or break me. It only helped me identify myself, and today, it’s a different story,” he stressed.
He further revealed that his father had originally wanted him to become an imam and refused to enrol him in formal school.
Amin Adam added, “My father wanted me to be an imam, so he said he wouldn’t send me to school, and that I should stay home and study the Quran. When he passed away, my mother decided to enrol me in school.
I was told I was too old for classes one to three, so I started primary school in class four, because I had spent my time studying the Quran at home”.
He further credited his mother for changing the course of his life, saying, “My mother made the difference. When she took me to school, I discovered myself. I didn’t give up; I defined my purpose, and today I have earned a PhD”.
In other news, Amin Adam has criticised the Mahama government for abandoning the Agenda 111 hospital project in the Karaga constituency in favour of a 24-hour market.
According to Amin Adam, the 24-Hour Market is not needed in the Karaga constituency, as traders can easily sit in front of their houses and sell.
Amin Adam questioned why the Mahama government would prioritise a market over a hospital that would save lives.
The former Finance Minister is quoted as saying, “Traders can sit in front of their houses and sell easily, but building a hospital with equipment and doctors to save lives is not easy”.
According to Dr Amin Adam, he lobbied strongly for Karaga to benefit from the Agenda 111 project, but the government chose to abandon it.
“When the government distributed the Agenda 111 hospital projects, Karaga wasn’t included, but I lobbied for Karaga to benefit from the project. Look at it now, it’s halted,” he noted.
He further lamented that about half of the road projects in the constituency have stalled due to non-payment of contractors.
“They have refused to pay the contractor working on the Karaga roads, and because of that the project has halted. It was my wish that by this time Karaga roads would be completed,” he said.
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