Gospel musician and Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Kofi Sarpong
Gospel musician and Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Kofi Sarpong has opened up about the financial hardships he faced growing up, revealing that he had to drop out of school multiple times due to his family’s inability to pay school fees.
In an interview on Joy Learning TV, ACP Sarpong explained that his mother was responsible for raising several orphans within their extended family.
This placed a heavy burden on her limited income, ultimately forcing him to leave school three to four times due to financial constraints.
“There were a lot of orphans in the family that my mother had to take care of. So you can imagine, her meager salary was used to cater for all of us. It was difficult. I dropped out of school about three to four times because the school fees were hard to pay,” he recounted.
Despite the challenges, ACP Kofi Sarpong was determined to continue his education.
He decided to take matters into his own hands by starting a small business to support himself.
“I decided to help myself. So I started preparing and selling kenkey. There’s no type of kenkey I don’t know how to prepare, Ga kenkey, Fante kenkey, you name it,” he shared.
“Up until Secondary School Form 5, I was preparing and selling kenkey because I needed to support myself.”
He noted that he continued selling kenkey until he left for police training school.
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