The Ghana Education Service (GES) has interdicted three (3) officers of the Somé shs in the Ketu South municipality of the Volta region.
This follows the arrest of the assistant headmistress and a cook, a matron and the bursar of school for their alleged involvement in a cartel stealing food items meant for students.
On the evening of Friday, May 24, the bursar and the matron were searched by some alumni and the assembly member as they were leaving the school. Food items were found in a bag and the trunk of a car.
Subsequent to the Friday arrests, the Assistant Headmistress was also detained by the police for further inquiry.
The confiscated items comprised of tin tomatoes, mackerel, cleaning agents, and insecticide spray, among other items were discovered in the matron’s possession.
Meanwhile in a statement released by GES on Monday May 27, 2024, Richard Ametorxe, a Bursar, Yorm Dzikunu, a Matron and Alex Obuadi, a storekeeper have all been interdicted with immediate effect pending investigations.
The statement signed by the head of public relations added that the three officers are to handover school properties to the headmaster while the investigative committee has two weeks to submit its report to management.
See statement below
