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Ateiku D/A Basic School gets 3-Unit washroom
Mr Isaace Okyere(right)presenting the keys to the facility to MissJoyce Maneame with some of the pupils and staff looking on
An old student of the Ateiku D/A Basic School in the Wassa East District of the Western Region, Mr Isaac Kwadwo Okyere, has constructed a 3-unit washroom for the school.
As the first Junior High School (JHS) in the Ateiku community, the Wassa East District Education Directorate has turned it into a Circuit Centre and one of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) centres.
Currently the school’s enrolment stands at 430, with all the necessary infrastructural facilities provided except a urinal.
That makes Mr Okyere, the former Eastern Regional Manager of SDA schools and an old boy, very timely following an appeal from the Headmistress, Ms Joyce Maneame, during a visit by the philanthropist.
“Immediately l heard the situation, I decided to save the children and the teachers from contracting sicknesses and infections,” he said.
Mr Okyere, who single-handedly provided the infrastructure, hoped that will enable the pupils to have their peace of mind to learn and pass the just ended BECE examination.
According to Mr Okyere, the 3-unit urinal facility was valued at Gh¢10, 000.
Presenting the keys, Mr Okyere said the gesture was also his humble contribution to the development of the school and appealed to his colleagues to also come to the aid of their alma mater.
Ms Maneame thanked the donor for his prompt response to the needs of the school, saying, “it would go a long way to reduce the environmental pollution on the school’s compound and the mess and difficulties the teachers, pupils and visitors go through when nature calls.”
Miniser for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu has revealed a major shake up at Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) following recent power outages.
In a post on Facebook, Felix Kwakye Ofosu disclosed that Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Jinapor has asked the CEO of GRIDCo to step aside pending investigations into fire incident at Akosombo power control center.
Also, he further noted that there has been a major shake up in the leadership of the ECG in the Ashanti Region.
“At 2pm tomorrow, Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Hon John Jinapor, will hold a major briefing on recent developments in electricity distribution,” he concluded.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
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Abu Trica’s extradition case: Prophets, fetish priests demand pay for spiritual solution …Lawyer reveals
Mr Oliver Barker-Vormawor, a lawyer for embattled Frederick Kumi, affectionately called Abu Trica and has made a shocking revelation over the behaviour of some members of the clergy.
According to him in a post on social media, the difficult part of Abu Trica’s trial is not the law but the number of ‘Men of God’ and fetish priests demanding financial sacrifices to help resolve the matter spiritually.
Oliver Barker-Vormawor posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2026, “The most difficult part about the Abu Trica case; is not the law.”
He continued: “It is the number of, prophetesses, evangelists and fetish priests, who have called or messaged to ask us to pay for spiritual solutions.”
It would be recalled that in March this year, the Gbese District Court dismissed a preliminary objection filed by Abu Trica, challenging the extradition proceedings initiated at the request of the United States.
The court, presided over by Anna Akosua Appiah Gottfried Anaafi Gyasi, in its ruling held that the offences forming the basis of the extradition, particularly wire fraud, constitute extraditable offences under the 1931 treaty between Ghana and the United States.
He was then given 15 days counting from March 27 to appeal the decision of the court or be surrendered for extradition to the US.
Against this backdrop, he was on Tuesday, April 22, granted a bail in the sum of GH¢30,000,000 by an Accra High, pending the appeal of his extradition
Mr Kumi was arrested in Ghana in December 2025 following an indictment by United States authorities, alleging that he played a role in a romance scam network that defrauded elderly American victims of more than $8 million.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
