Kumasi Cocaine pusher who became a shoeshine boy graduates from KNUST with Accounting Masters

The story of Debrah Sarpong has brought tears to the eyes of members of the public who couldn’t believe the depth of adversity he emerged from to grab a Master’s Degree in Accounting from the prestigious Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(KNUST) in Kumasi.

A young Sarpong had been a drug pusher at Amakom, a suburb of Kumasi where he was pushing cocaine wrapped in matchboxes to those who need it for a small fee.

He had to stop and start shoes shining because he feared he may be forced to sniff the coke or caught by the police. He enrolled himself in school to write the BECE paying for the cost through his shoeshine boy savings and he managed to pass with flying colours.

The story of Debrah Sarpong has brought tears to the eyes of people who couldn’t believe their ears about the strength exuded by the young man.

Read the full story for yourself below:

At the age of 12, I could hide small wraps of cocaine in matches box and delivered it safely to some guys at amakom without being caught in return for money. Fearing I could either get caught by the police or be forced to taste the drug one day, I stopped getting closer to the man who used to be the drug dealer. I started shoe shine business in order to get my daily bread and finance my school bills. I paid my BECE registration of 3 Ghs cedis (30,000 old Ghana Cedis) through savings from shoe shine business.


I was 2nd best in the school when results were released by WAEC.


No money to further to SHS, I became phone repairer @ Adum and and started evening SHS private classes for 3 years. I registered and sat for WASSCE Nov/Dec exams. I performed creditably when results were released. I moved to Kumasi Polytechnic (Kumasi Technical University) to pursue Diploma in Business Studies, Accounting (DBS).


After that I furthered to UEW-K to pursue Bsc Accounting (Education) And now I’ve graduated with Master of science Accounting and Finance at KNUST.

I’ve realized God has given each and everyone three tools of creation: THOUGHT, WORD AND ACTION. Nobody can take them away from u.  There would be distractions like hunger, embarrassment, disappointment and betrayal but remain focused. Worry not about where help would come from. The universe will bring them.


Have a positive thought and work towards it.

The universe is just a big Xerox (photocopier) machine. It simply produces copies of your thoughts.”
— Neale Donald Walsch

I give thanks to Almighty God, my father, Mr Debrah Sarpong, Mr. Patrick Adusei and Hon. Eugene Boakye Antwi, MP for Subin Constituency for their enormous support

Source: MyNewsGh.com/2021

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