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Ketu North MP to petition GES over ‘benefits of colonization’ content in Aki Ola social studies textbook
The Member of Parliament for Ketu North, Eric Edem Agbana, has condemned what he describes as disturbing and dehumanizing content in an educational textbook used by Ghanaian students.
In a statement dated February 17, 2026, he pointed to images from the Aki-Ola Series Social Studies Textbook for Junior High Schools, which outlined what it called benefits Ghana derived from colonization.
He argued that the material presents a false narrative and unfairly portrays colonization in a positive light.
He stated that colonization was inhuman and represented a systematic violation of human rights, dignity, and identity.
According to him, it is irresponsible to sanitize or glorify such a painful period of history, especially at a time when John Dramani Mahama is championing continental efforts toward reparations.
He stressed that children must be educated with content that upholds truth, justice, and their sense of worth and dignity.
The Ketu North lawmaker announced that he will formally petition the Ghana Education Service to immediately review and recall the books.
He called for the removal of what he termed harmful perspectives from the curriculum, insisting that Ghana’s education system must reflect historical integrity and avoid distorting the country’s past, present, and future.
By: Jacob Aggrey
President John Dramani Mahama this afternoon visited two survivors of Saturday’s Burkina Faso terrorist attack currently on admission at the 37 military hospital in Accra.
The survivors, were among Ghanaian tomato traders on board a truck, which was ambushed by armed bandits in northern Burkina Faso.
President Mahama, who was accompanied by his Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, commiserated with the victims and assured them their bills will be absorbed by government.
The president, who was in Takoradi earlier in the morning to open the Minerals Commission’s Local Content Summit, went straight to the hospital from the airport to visit the injured traders.
Seven other Ghanaian traders were killed in the attack and have since been buried.
The survivors were successfully transported home by the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF).
The Chief Justice of Ghana, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, has ruled that petitions seeking the removal of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, her Deputies, and the Special Prosecutor do not disclose a prima facie case.
President John Dramani Mahama had referred a total of ten petitions to the Chief Justice on November 25, 2025, following submissions from individuals and groups calling for the removal of the officials.
The petitions included seven against the Electoral Commission leadership and three against the Special Prosecutor.
In a letter to the President dated January 26, 2026, Justice Baffoe-Bonnie stated that the petitions did not establish sufficient grounds to warrant further investigations.
Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Minister and Spokesperson to the President, confirmed the decision, noting that no action will be taken based on the petitions.
By: Jacob Aggrey
