The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced the amendment of an earlier letter from the Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiku Tsuru II, on the funeral of the late Ga Manye.
The Acting Director of Education (GES) for the Greater Accra Region (GAR), Stephen Abamfo, in a circular dated Wednesday, 25 October 2023, meant for all Metro Municipal District Directors, Regional Managers of Educational Units and Heads of Second Cycle institutions, said: “From the Funeral Planning Committee of the late Naa Dedei Omaedru, the Ga Manye, the new date for the closure of schools, shops and offices in and around Ga Mashie Traditional area, is Saturday, 28 October 2023.”
The letter stressed that in view of that “no school in the Greater Accra Region will be closed down on Thursday, 26 and Friday, 27 October 2023.”
Initially, schools in the Greater Accra Region were scheduled to closed down on Thursday, 26 and Friday, 27 October 2023, due to the funeral of the Ga Manye.