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Education Minister assures newly trained teachers of salary payment
The Minister of Education Haruna Iddrisu has assured all newly trained teachers that their salaries would be paid after the Minister of Finance Cassiel Ato Forson has presented the Mid-Year Supplementary Budget to Parliament.
He noted that the process has already began to issue all newly trained teachers Staff Identification Cards leading to payment of their salaries.
The Minister of Education gave this assurance when the Member of Parliament for Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abrem, Samuel Atta-Mills raised the issue on the floor of Parliament.
Haruna Iddrisu also hinted that about 50,000 teachers and 10,000 non-teaching staff would be employed this year, stressing that this has already been captured in the 2025 budget.
It would be recalled that on Monday 23rd June 2025, a group of newly trained teachers from the 2022 batch of College of Education graduates staged a protest at the Ghana Education Service (GES) headquarters in Accra over delayed staff identification numbers and months of unpaid salaries.
Answering questions on when stalled GETFund projects and the STEM school in the Weija-Gbawe Constituency will be completed, the Minister indicated that the Consultant on the instruction of the GETFund has recently submitted cost to estimates for the remaining works.
He said this will aid the allocation of funds to ensure the completion of the project, adding that the Ministry is hopeful that once funds are made available, the Project will be completed by the end of the year.
A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour by the Bekwai Circuit Court for his role in a 2022 robbery at a mining site at Manso Akwasiso in the Ashanti South Region.
The convict, Dominic Ofori, also known as Fanta, was arrested on 16th February 2026 after years on the run. He pleaded guilty before the Bekwai Circuit Court to robbery contrary to Section 149 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 Act 29, and was accordingly sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour.
On March 20, 2022, the Manso Adubia District Police received intelligence that a group of armed men from Manso Abodom were planning to attack a mining site at Manso Akwasiso to rob the owner of gold concentrate. Acting on the information, police mounted a coordinated operation and laid an ambush at the site.
At about 5:30 pm the same day, four-armed men arrived at the site, fired indiscriminately, and robbed the miners of their gold concentrate. The police team on surveillance intervened, resulting in an exchange of gunfire.
Three of the suspects, Abu Abubakar, Musah Latif, and Gideon Takyi, sustained gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead on arrival at St Martins Catholic Hospital at Agroyesum. Dominic Ofori escaped at the time but was later arrested and put before the court.
The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has assured the public of its continued commitment to combating violent crimes and bringing offenders to justice.
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested 45-year-old Isaac Boafo, also known as “Duabo King,” for allegedly publishing false news intended to cause fear and panic.
Police said the arrest follows a viral TikTok video in which Boafo claimed that four officers at the Central Police Station in Kumasi engaged in inappropriate conduct with commercial sex workers during night patrols in Asafo.
Officers from the Police Intelligence Directorate (Ashanti Region) apprehended Boafo after receiving intelligence about the video.
During questioning, he admitted to creating the video to attract views and engagement online, and acknowledged that he could not prove the allegations.
Boafo also admitted making comments about the President of the Republic for content purposes and could not defend those statements.
He has been formally charged and is in detention as investigations continue.
The Ashanti Regional Police have warned the public against publishing or sharing false information on social media, noting that such acts can cause fear, panic, and damage reputations.
They said anyone found engaging in similar conduct will face legal action.
By: Jacob Aggrey
