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AHISCO celebrates 100 years
The headmistress with other staff dreesed in the new robes after a presentation by the 1993 year old students
Accra High School (AHISCO) has celebrated its 100th Founders’ Day at the school’s premises at North Ridge in Accra.
The anniversary brought together members of the school board, management, old students (Onukpai) and current students.
The event was interspersed with poetry recitals, songs from the school choir, drumming and dancing from the students.
Speaking at the ceremony, Rev. Fr Dr Lt Col Francis Lokko said AHISCO, like some second-cycle institutions was facing overcrowding due to the increasing number of students.
He said the situation was as a result of the Free Senior High School (FSHS) programme, adding that despite the improvements in the facilities by government, pressure remains on most of the school’s facilities.
He therefore urged the students to take good care of the facilities provided including the science and technology laboratory to make their stay in the school comfortable and conducive for learning.
“My dear students, you are the direct recipient of the founding fathers’ vision. Please take advantage of the opportunity to attain greatness. Greatness is achieved through hard work and now is the time to work, time is a golden treasure, use it to the fullest,” Rev. Fr Dr Lt Col Lokko said.
He also urged the students to embrace discipline as a lifestyle, explaining that it was a prerequisite for success.
Touching on unemployment, Rev. Fr Dr Lt Col Lokko said it was important that graduates were engaging in Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET), adding that students could consider learning some skills under TVET in addition to what they were studying in school in order to make them self-sufficient.
He commended the teaching and non-teaching staff for their good work while urging them to provide the needed counselling to the students for them to realise their dreams.
The headmistress of the school, Ms Evelyn Sagbil Nabia, said AHISCO had journeyed through a lot of phases but the resilience of its stakeholders had held it together and also kept it at an enviable position.
“We have come to celebrate the dream of one man and all those who supported and encouraged him,” she said.
She commended the Onukpai for the support they give to the school and urged them to keep assisting their alma mater.
During the ceremony, the 1993 year-group donated 10 dining hall tables and benches while the United Kingdom (UK) chapter of ‘Onukpai’ presented 50 choir robes to the school choir.
AHISCO was founded on 17th August, 1923 at the Beach Avenue in Aayalolo, a suburb of Accra. It was the first secondary school in Accra in the Eastern Province of the then Gold Coast.
By Jemima Esinam Kuatsinu
The Member of Parliament for Nsawam Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh Dompreh, has expressed concern over delays in the release of the District Assemblies Common Fund, warning that the situation is stalling development across the country.
On his facebook page, he described as a matter of urgent national importance, the Minority Chief Whip pointed to what he sees as a growing crisis of unpaid contractors, abandoned projects, and halted infrastructure works in many districts.
He noted that several communities are grappling with half completed schools, unfinished health facilities, abandoned markets, deteriorating roads, and stalled sanitation projects.
According to him, many contractors who have executed projects for district assemblies have not been paid, forcing some construction firms to demobilise from sites while workers lose their jobs.
He stressed that the District Assemblies Common Fund is not a discretionary allocation but a constitutional requirement under Article 252 of the 1992 Constitution, intended to support development at the local level.
In his view, years of delayed releases and accumulated arrears have weakened district development financing and disrupted projects meant to improve living conditions in communities.
He further argued that some payments made in recent years were largely the settlement of old debts rather than funding for new or ongoing projects, a situation he believes has affected contractor confidence and local economic activity.
He described the issue as more than a budgetary challenge, characterising it as a development emergency and a governance concern.
He therefore urged the appropriate authorities to pay outstanding DACF arrears, settle contractors who have completed their work, and ensure that transfers to districts are automatic and predictable.
He maintained that decentralisation can only succeed when district assemblies receive adequate and timely funding to carry out development projects.
He emphasised that stalled projects directly affect ordinary citizens, since they rely on such infrastructure for education, healthcare, transportation, sanitation, and economic activities.
He called for renewed attention to grassroots development, insisting that national progress should not be concentrated only in major cities but extended to all communities.
By: Jacob Aggrey
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This was after a five member panel of judges at the Accra High Court returned a verdict of guilty against the convict.
Appiah, 32, also a draughtsman would spend the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted of murder.
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BY MALIK SULLEMANA
