The Walewale D/A Cluster of Schools in the Northern Region have been closed down following a near clash between some residents, believed to be coming from the Walewale palace, and staff of the school on Monday March 20, 2017.
The affected schools are the Walewale D/A JHS “B”, the Walewale Primary B1 & B2, and the Walewale D/A KG.
A visit to the school Tuesday morning March 21, 2017 by 3news.com reveals a quiet atmosphere with no sign of pupils.
Classrooms have been locked with padlocks with no sight of a single pupil except the presence of teachers on the premises of the school who were awaiting the arrival of the West Mamprusi District Education Director Hajia Mase Sulemana who was scheduled to visit the school for a meeting.
Mumuni Musah, a School Management Committee member, aments that the lives of teachers and pupils are in danger.
“They came wielding sticks and dangerous weapons threatening the teachers, some even gave the teachers an ultimatum of 24hrs to vacate the school or get beaten up and this is just because they defended the school lands from a developer who has bought portion of the land from the Walewale-Rana Duundana Mahami Mutari”.
TV3 also gathered that in an attempt to save the lands, the School Management Committee petitioned the District Assembly and the Ghana Education Service but they are yet to respond.
The West Mamprusi District Education Director, Hajia Mase Suleman in an interview revealed the Chief of Walewale Duundana Mahami Mutari has issued notice to all encroachers to stop working on the land until further notice.
“We visited the Chief of Walewale to lodge a formal complaint and he told us that he has issued notice to all developers to cease working until further notice, he however denied giving out the land to the encroachers as purported by some section of the populace”.
Parents, Teachers Association of the school and Hajia Mase Sulemana have been meeting to resolve this incidence.
Hajia Mase however revealed teachers and pupils may return to school tomorrow Wednesday 22nd March 2017 but that will be determined by today’s meeting with stakeholders.
By Zubaida Ismail |3news.com|Ghana