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20 Students Expelled from Ada Secondary School After Tragic Drowning Incident

23Jun

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20 Students Expelled from Ada Secondary School After Tragic Drowning Incident

Authorities at Ada Secondary School have taken disciplinary action by expelling twenty (20) students for breaching school regulations after they left campus without permission to swim in a nearby river — a decision that ended in tragedy. According to school officials, the students absconded from the boarding facility earlier this week without notifying any staff or securing approval. They reportedly went swimming in the Volta River, a recreational activity strictly prohibited by school policy due to the high risk involved. Tragically, the unauthorized outing turned fatal when one of the students drowned during the swim. The incident has shocked the school community and raised concerns about student safety and discipline. In response, the school’s disciplinary committee convened an...

Unidentified youth vandalise Electrochem facilities, seize equipment

12Jan

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Unidentified youth vandalise Electrochem facilities, seize equipment

An attack on the Ada Songhor Electrochem Ghana Limited in the Greater Accra Region by some unidentified individuals has left the company devastated, bringing its operations to a standstill. More than 350 unidentified youth allegedly stormed the warehouse, sites, and offices of the company in the early hours of Thursday, making away with pumps, motorbikes, car tires, finished salt products and vandalising trucks. The Ada Divisional Police Commander, ACP Joseph Atsu Dzineku, confirmed the incident to the Parliamentary Press Corps on Friday during a site visit. He explained that investigations were ongoing to track down the perpetrators. Despite the scale of the attack, no arrests had been made yet. According to reports, the attackers allegedly seized the mobile phones of worke...

Assembly members urged to confirm MMDCEs to be appointed

2Jan

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Assembly members urged to confirm MMDCEs to be appointed 

Nene Dameh Agbewornu II, Chief of Sege, has urged all assembly members to hasten the development of their communities by promptly confirming those the president will nominate as metropolitan, municipal, or district chief executives.  Nene Agbewornu also appealed to districts that were yet to vote for presiding members to do so as soon as possible, as it hinders the development of the districts and Ghana as a whole. In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Sege-Nakomkorpe, he noted that the politicisation of the elections of the leadership at the local government level was delaying the progress of the district assemblies. He expressed disappointment in the failure of some district assemblies to elect presiding members despite several attempts, attributing it...

Ada MP reiterates commitment to develop constituency youth

10Dec

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Ada MP reiterates commitment to develop constituency youth

Madam Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe Ghansah, Member of Parliament for Ada, has reiterated her commitment to developing the youth of Ada through various interventions as she received the nod for another term in parliament. Madam Ghansah, who is going to represent the people for the fourth term, said she was overwhelmed by the support given her by the electorate and appreciates their endorsement in the just-ended general elections. Madam Ghansah, who garnered 22,019 votes, representing 72.37 percent on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), in a statement, stated that the victory was for Ada, and she was grateful for the outcome of the elections. She noted that the youth acknowledged her hardwork, hence their massive support in the elections, pled...