Nana Addo writes to Ghanaian science whiz kid Simon-Peter Frimpong

The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akuffo Addo has written an open letter to congratulate 13 year old boy wonder Simon-Peter Atuahene Frimpong.

Simon-Peter, whose parents are from Ghana, is among over 130 students across the United States who have presented their work at this year’s edition of the White House Science Fair.

Frimpong, who lives in Aurora, Colorado worked with Maya Max-Villard (also 13) and Grayson Fast (14 years) on a prosthetic (artificial) leg which they designed and built using 3-D printing. The story of an injured US war veteran is believed to have inspired the teenagers to work on creating a leg that could help the veteran walk and among other things hike and skateboard comfortably.

In the letter titled “Letter From Akufo-Addo To 13-Year Old Ghanaian Prodigy, Simon-Peter Atuahene Frimpong”, Nana Addo describes Frimpong as “an excellent example to the youth of Ghana.”

The presidential hopeful also stated the need for the country for place more emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) as it was needed to “make the rapid transformation of our society and economy, that would bring prosperity to the mass of our people.”

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Earlier this year, another talented Ghanaian youngster; actor Abraham Attah won Best Male lead at the 31st Film Independent Spirit Awards.

The annual White House Science Fair was instituted by Barack Obama in 2010 to encourage young Americans to get into areas of STEM. This year’s is the last for Obama as he prepares to leave office in January 2017.