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No shoes, uniforms for pupils in Natigu, Maana District
● 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 Ashanti South Regional Police Intelligence Directorate has arrested two suspects in connection with a robbery attack on an Indian national in Obuasi and a separately planned robbery operation targeting a distribution company in the same area.
On April 16, 2026, Police received credible intelligence that a group of armed men were planning an attack in Obuasi. A police team moved swiftly into the area and arrested suspect Iddrisu Fuseini, also known as “Iddi”, at his hideout in Bedieso, Obuasi.
During interrogation, he confessed to being part of a six-member gang that attacked an Indian national at his residence at New Baakoyeden, Obuasi, on April 12 2026, robbing him of GH₵150,000.00.
He disclosed that the attack was orchestrated following a tip-off from suspect Ibrahim, an employee of the victim, who informed the gang that the victim kept large sums of money.
Further investigations led to the arrest of a second suspect, Shaibu Mohammed, also known as “SM” or “Cicinati”, on 20th April 2026 at his hideout in Gausu, Obuasi. During interrogation, he admitted to participating in the planning of the robbery and confirmed that the gang had further planned to rob a distribution company near Mawuli Hotel in Obuasi.
Investigations have further revealed that both suspects are currently standing trial at the Obuasi Circuit Court in connection with a separate robbery of GH₵600,000.00.
A manhunt is ongoing to arrest the remaining accomplices, identified as Khalifa, Edward, Prof, Waddle, Ebbe, and Ibrahim, and to recover a pump action gun and a locally manufactured pistol believed to be in their possession.
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Christian Tetteh Yohuno, together with members of the Police Management Board (POMAB), on April 17, 2026, decorated nineteen (19) senior officers who have been promoted to their next ranks based on the recommendations of the Police Council and approval of the President, John Dramani Mahama.
The ceremony, held at the National Police Headquarters in Accra, forms part of efforts to recognise merit, dedication, and long-standing service within the Ghana Police Service, while strengthening leadership across key operational and administrative levels.
The officers promoted from Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) to Commissioner of Police (COP) are Dr. Luke Asue-In-Yeng Zakpaa, Mr. Frederick Agyei, Mr. Duuti Tuaruka, Mr. Arthur Osei-Akoto, Mr. Darko Offei Lomotey, Mr. Eric Ken Winful, Mr. Barnabas Nambont Nasumong, and Mr. Desmond Owusu Boampong.
The IGP and members of POMAB congratulated the officers and urged them to uphold the highest standards of professionalism and integrity in the discharge of their duties.
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