After hearing the young man’s sad news, Mahama offered to see Leonard to help him complete his medical program and support his studies abroad.
Ibrahim Mahama’s assistant Rafiq Mahama said in a Facebook post, “On behalf of Mr. Ibrahim Mahama, I contacted Leonard’s family led by Noorudeeni and Eugene. I contacted them last Saturday and earlier today (February 6). Leonard will receive. Good medical treatment. After treatment, he will be admitted to KNUST will complete the remaining two years of the six-year program at and subsequent post-graduate studies in Ghana or abroad. They will be given all the support they need.”
Leonard attended and completed Ghana Memorial Junior High School, emerging as the best performing student with a total of 8.
He continued his education at St. Francis Xavier Senior High School pursuing General Science as a course.
He said ‘Dr. Ningwei Leonard Lanyely with his open ambition to become a medical doctor.
With this ambition, he went on to score 6 in his WASSCE examinations in 2007 and scored B2, B3 and B2 in Biology, English and Social Studies respectively.
His final results not only showed his academic future, but also his participation in the NSMQ quiz in 2007.
The 33-year-old was admitted to the University of Cape Coast to study medicine but was prevented by his parents who could not afford further tuition at the time.
He was then admitted to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to study as a Doctor of Optometry.
He told JoyNews, “I was admitted to study medicine at the University of Cape Coast at a cost of GH¢4,100 a year and my father was a teacher who could not afford the fees, so I decided to study optometry at KNUST. .”
One of Leonard’s older classmates, Emmanuel Belig, now a pharmacist at Wa Regional Medical Stores, “previously at St. Francis Xavier Minor Seminary, he [Leonard] They used to say that his name should have ‘Dr’. So we used to call him ‘Dr’.
Leonard did well during his first four years at KNUST, until he developed mental health problems.
His 60-year-old mother, Ninvi Gladys, said one of Leonard’s university friends took him to her hometown and returned with the condition.
“A friend at university took Leo to his hometown and I got a tip that he came back with the condition,” he said.
Leonard said he was forced to take a break from his university studies in order to seek medical treatment at Pantong Psychiatric Hospital in 2013, after doctors later diagnosed him with bipolar disorder.
“There’s a certificate hanging in that empty room showing that I still have the record of winning the spelling bee at Pantong Hospital when I took part in a quiz competition during my stay to seek medical care. I tell sensitive and possible people. Teach the crowd,” Leonard narrated.
He later returned to the university in 2014 after a successful rehabilitation and indicated that he was doing well but his stay there was short.
Leonard’s father died on August 13, 2011, Ninvi Gladys said.
A former biology instructor at St. Francis Xavier Junior Seminary, Situs described Baya as intelligent and could have become one of the best scientists or medical doctors in Ghana had he not suffered from a medical condition.
But Leonard said if he had another chance, he would go back to school but “I want a simple course – community health nursing or teacher training college so I can help my colleagues. I really know how to help.”
His family and friends believe he was born great, and if he receives immediate intervention, he will do well in life.