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● Pupils walk bare footed to school
Photo: Geoffrey Buta
As children in the capital city, well dressed beautifully their well ironed uniforms and sandals join other countries to commemorate this year’s World Children’s Day hundreds of their counterparts who live over 600 kilometres away in the Natigu and Maana District Assemblies in the Karaga District of the Northern Region in tattered or no uniforms and bare-footed struggle to study the same syllabus which their counterparts in the cities study in a comfortable classroom.
A few of them were fortunate to wear uniforms and worn-out sandals as seen in the photograph but these were given to them through benevolence support.
Speaking to Mr. Haruna Sumaila, Headmaster of Natigu District Assembly Primary School said, wearing a uniform is a badge of pride which creates an identity for a school he and it is an important part of being a student.
He said, “uniforms give students a sense of belonging to a particular school and create an identity for the school in the community.”
“Though government try to ensure the realisation of quality education, there is still a lot of work to be done for equality and inclusion of quality of education for every child in the country,” he added.
If this done it will support this year’s world Children’s Day on the theme “ creating a safe and protective environment for children inclusion for every child.”
He further stated that, some of the children were ridiculed by their fellow pupils for not having “nice clothes or shoes”.
He said, lack of basic facilities for these children to access quality education are very poor and deplorable.
“Lack of school building, facilities, human resources to fill the minimum criteria of the school, long-distance between homes and school, lack of educational materials, library facilities and computer laboratory”, are some of the challenges of the children of many school going age face here in the rural communities”, he noted.
Mr. Sumaila narrated how classes from kindergarten to classes two, three, five and six are combined into one classroom due to lack of classroom spaces and inadequate teachers.
The only three classrooms and a teachers’ houses serving the over 100 children was constructed by the community.
Mr. Mosah Kuyo, the chief of Natigu pleaded with the government and organisations to come to the aid of the children to provide quality education for them to be responsible citizens in the future.
From Geoffrey Buta, Natigu
The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested a 32-year-old man for allegedly posing as a soldier and extorting money from unsuspecting members of the public at Ashaiman.
The suspect, identified as Bright Atsu Kudiabor, was arrested by the Ashaiman Police on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, at about 7:00 a.m.
According to the Police, he was arrested at an area known as “I Shall Return”, where he was allegedly parading himself as a soldier and demanding money from people.
The Police said Kudiabor, who is an ex-convict, was initially arrested by personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service in Ashaiman with assistance from other members of the public.
A search conducted on him after he was handed over to the Police reportedly led to the recovery of a set of military camouflage uniform.
The suspect is currently in Police custody and assisting with investigations.
The Tema Regional Police Command said he would be processed for court after investigations are completed.
The Police urged the public to remain vigilant and report anyone who falsely presents themselves as a soldier or a member of another security agency to deceive or extort money from the public.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Volta Regional Minister, James Gunu, says the Volta Region holds enormous agricultural potential and efforts must be geared towards connecting farmers to the needed resources to unlock that potential.
He said focus must be on linking farmers to resources, technology, financing and markets to increase production, create jobs and build sustainable livelihoods.
Hon. Gunu made the remarks at the national launch of the Ghana Tomato Self-Sufficiency Initiative (GHATSI) held at Anloga in the Volta Region on Tuesday, September 15.
The initiative, under the theme “Produce at Home. Feed the Nation. Export the Surplus,” seeks to boost local tomato production, processing and marketing while reducing Ghana’s heavy reliance on imported tomatoes.
The launch was attended by the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, his Deputy, John Setor Dumelo, Feed Ghana Coordinator, Bright Demordzi, Members of Parliament, traditional leaders, MMDCEs, farmers and other stakeholders.
Mr.Gunu expressed appreciation to the Minister for Food and Agriculture for the support announced for the region, including two excavators, 200 cartons of organic fertiliser, and GH¢200,000 for Ms. Kuatudzo Esther Dela, a tomato farmer and processor from Ziope.
He described the initiative as an important step towards making agriculture a stronger driver of food security, job creation and economic growth in the Volta Region.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
