The school in the Upper Denkyira East District is at Kyekyewere, while the other facility is at Diaso in Upper Denkyira West.

The schools do not have students, heads and teachers.

Students were not placed in the two schools during the placement exercise under the Computerised Schools Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) because the schools are yet to be signed onto the SHS placement list.

The facilities have not been used since they were completed in 2016.

This came to light when the Central Regional Minister, Mr Kwamena Duncan, toured parts of the Upper Denkyira East and West districts last Tuesday.

It is unclear why the schools have been left unoccupied, at a time many schools could not accommodate the students allocated to them following the introduction of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy.

Alternative uses

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Upper Denkyira West, Mr Michael Nsowah Gyan, and the chiefs of Denkyira suggested that the two SHSs be converted into colleges of education, nurses training colleges or clinics.

The MP explained that students had failed to patronise the schools because they claimed they were far away from the community.

Commenting on the situation, Mr Duncan said there had to be a stakeholders’ meeting to assess the facilities and the feasibility of the proposed conversion.

“The schools were originally built to be SHSs and so there must be a stakeholders’ meeting to decide whether or not the Ministry of Education should convert them into colleges of education, nurses training colleges or clinics.

Galamsey

He called on the chiefs to help stop all galamsey activities in the area, saying the land had been destroyed and the Pra River had been heavily polluted as a result of the activities of illegal miners.

He said the Operation Vanguard team had been assigned to the region to help curb the activities of illegal miners and would be stationed at Kyekyewere in Upper Denkyira East and urged the chiefs and the people to cooperate with the team.

Mr Duncan had earlier inspected the school at Diaso and said the proposal for the conversion would be looked at.

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He had earlier addressed staff of the Upper Denkyira West and East distrcit assemblies.

He advised them to be patriotic and provide the necessary support towards the building of a prosperous country.

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MMDAs are responsible for irregularities of GH¢70,173,645.97 for the year 2016 which represents a 32% rise of GH¢16,955,282.83 over the 2015 figure of GH¢53,218,363.14. The Auditor General Report (2016) revealed that; recurring internal control weaknesses and lapses under cash management, contract administration, procurement and stores management and tax administration are the major cause of these irregularities. However, most of the irregularities are due to cash management, about 47 % of monies that lost via the MMDAs is through cash management while the least is through tax administration (0.44 %).

Components of MMDA’s Irregularities

Refer to the infographic below for further details

Causes of the continuous increase in irregularities among MMDAs

• Poor attitude, interest, and dedication to duties and responsibilities
• Recurring internal control weaknesses
• Poor commitment on the part of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and management of MMDAs in the implementation and enforcement of audit recommendations towards mitigating infringements of the laws.
• Non – imposition of sanctions to minimise the violations

Recommendations to curb/reduce irregularities among MMDAs

• Effective supervision and monitoring
• Enforcement of existing statutory and regulatory frameworks, together with the imposition of sanctions should be made paramount to curb the infractions.
• The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and management of the MMDAs to impose sanctions where necessary to serve as a deterrent to others.

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