“No man can claim credit for who I am today,” Joe Mettle said on Joy FM, “It was God who changed my story,” he added.

He dropped out of school twice in his attempt to get a secondary school certificate and it was clear his JHS certificate could not make him what he wanted to be.

It took the power of God to get him to complete university education even without a formal secondary school education, he recounted on ‘I SURVIVED’ the latest segment on the Super Morning Show.

But long before he could make music, and become the VGMA artist of the year, Joe Mettle recounted how his present fame, power and wealth is a stark contradiction of conditions of his formative years. Mr. Mettle was already selling at age 12 to support his mother.

“It was not by choice,” he told Daniel Dadzie host of the SMS, “born into a family which did not have, I did what mother did,” he narrated.

Joe Mettle sold waakye leaves at Agbogloshie, and progressed to selling waakye itself when polythene bags replaced the leaves used to package the Ghanaian delicacy.

He had to drop out of school after Junior High School because combining trading and education was not only a difficult task, but the earnings from the sale of waakye, brooms and canes were too meagre to pay for secondary education.

Without an SHS certificate, it was clear he was not going to become an Architect after all. But that was not his immediate concern.

The embarrassment of people asking him constantly why he was not in school was a bigger nightmare.

He would, therefore, dress as if he going to school but end up in the church. Being in the church helped him to earn small amounts from some generous worshipers while playing the drum for them. With that, he also avoided questions on why he was not in school.

The worse came when Joe Mettle had to leave home and fend for himself in the streets.

On that journey, he slept in churches and homes of church members pretending to spend the weekend there but ended up spending weeks. When his host got fed-up, they kicked him out.

In one instance, he spent a year with a pastor in a single room.

He recounted eating gari and groundnut paste stolen from a woman. He and his friends survived on these for many days until they were caught.

“It was not easy,” he said.

But God had not abandoned him. He knew God was preparing him with all those experiences.

According to him, he is able to do so much in life today even with little because of the frugal life God put him through.

“All things work together for the good of them that loved the lord,” he quoted portions of Romans Chapter eight of the Holy Bible. Everything seems to have turned out for his good.

In all the toil he knew it was going to end someday. “I knew God had a plan for my life, even when I traveled on foot for several miles because I could not afford transportation.

Joe Mettle said God was with him when he sat for the SSS private candidates’ examination and I passed in two tranches.

This afforded him the opportunity not to do draftsmanship but marketing in the university.

Again he says that has turned out for his good.

God has blessed him immensely through music.

“Whoever I have become today is God. God might have used many men to help me but the credit entirely belongs to Him.

“God kept my mind intact. No man can claim credit for what God has done for me. I am most grateful to God for my life. God is able to do all things.

“It does not a matter where you or who you are, God can still make you what he created you for. At the appointed time, it will come to pass.”

Source: myjoyonline.com

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The fair provides the platform where young innovators present their science project results in the form of a report, display board, and models they have invented.

They were some concerns by lovers and followers of the National Science and Maths Quiz competition over the years that the focus of the programme was largely theoretical and as such limited what students could offer with regards to innovation. The Sci-Tech Fair is clearly an outstanding initiative by the organisers of the programme.

The initiative forms part of measures by Primetime, producers of the National Science and Maths Quiz and Science Festival, in offering students the opportunity of putting into practice the theories they were taught in the class room.

There have been remarkable improvements with regards to the organisation and patronisation of the two-day event since its inception in 2017.

The maiden edition was held on June 27 & 28, 2017 at the University of Ghana, Legon. The St Thomas Aquinas Senior High School emerged winner of the 2017 edition by developing a computer central processing unit that can be used for educational purposes. Known as the HexEduBox, it was developed by a team of six by who used mobile phone microprocessors for their device which can function as a central processing unit CPU.

The second edition which was held last year opened with over 35 exhibitors largely drawn from second cycle institutions across the country. All the participating schools received a certificate of participation with Mfantsipim School, Two Roses International School, and St. Monica’s SHS taking cash prizes for their exceptional projects. Individual exhibitors also received cash prizes.

A young innovator, Seth Wangara, won the hearts of many in last year’s edition with his solar transformer which powers his home in Adobewura Number 2, a town closer to Sefwi Bekwai in the Western Region.

With support from the Ghana Oil Company Limited, the 2019 edition of the fair commences today. Young innovators, teachers, students and fans of the NSMQ are encouraged to pass by.

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One of the reasons why this year’s competition will be keenly contested by the 135 schools is the new trophy. The coveted trophy is simply magnificent, splendid and special.

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Will this year’s competition give a chance for the first girls’ school to win or will we see another boys’ school emerging as the winner again? Maybe this could be another opportunity for a second mixed school to lift the trophy. Intelligence will tell! Time will tell!

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