{"id":368738,"date":"2017-11-07T08:45:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T08:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=368738"},"modified":"2017-11-07T08:45:12","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T08:45:12","slug":"achimota-school-encroachment-students-not-safe-asst-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/achimota-school-encroachment-students-not-safe-asst-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Achimota School encroachment: Students not safe – Asst. Head"},"content":{"rendered":"

Authorities of Achimota Senior High School have expressed concerns about the safety of the students due to the\u00a0activities of encroachers\u00a0on the school’s land.<\/p>\n

According to them, the students live in constant fear due to the activities of the squatters, who have taken over sections of the school\u2019s land.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”LXoSbqyOZCcoYgmCbTJLNXasP7rSrxnq”]Achimota School has been in an unending struggle with private developers, squatters and the Osu Traditional Council over control of parts of the school\u2019s land.<\/p>\n

This has resulted in the school heading to the Supreme Court<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in an attempt to reinstate an injunction secured on the activities of the encroachers.<\/p>\n

But in the meantime, students have had to contend with landguards<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and squatters who threaten their safety.<\/p>\n

In the 2016\/2017 academic year,\u00a0five murders were recorded on the school\u2019s premises, whilst the school\u2019s headmistress, Beatrice Adom, stated at the time that prayer groups and beggars had also encroached on the school\u2019s land<\/p>\n

The school had\u00a0sought to allay some of the fears at the time, stating that officials of the BNI had come to the school to assess the situation.<\/p>\n

However, the assistant headteacher of the school, Ken Amankwah, admitted that the current security situation at the school was dire, with the students being exposed to all kinds of dangers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe students are not safe. At the moment, the western part is being encroached seriously. Somebody is walling the place and taking some of the buildings. We reported to the Board about those issues and the students\u2019 safety is very bad now,\u201d he said whilst addressing a news conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbout two weeks ago, after dining, somebody knocked a student [down] with their car. We had to go to the police station, take the student to the hospital and called the parents to come in. At the moment it\u2019s very serious.\u201c<\/p>\n

\"Professor<\/a>
Professor Ernest Aryeetey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To the Supreme Court<\/strong><\/p>\n

The long-running dispute with the Osu Traditional Council over the lands began dates back to 2011 when some lands belonging to the school were \u2018repossessed.\u2019<\/p>\n

The Council had taken possession of the lands arguing that, they were not being used for the purposes they were intended for.<\/p>\n

However, the Board of the school, with the support of the school\u2019s Old Students Association, secured the injunction and declared their intention to retain their land through all lawful means.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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