New board for GHANATA

A 15-Member board of the Ghana National SHS (GHANATA) at Dodowa in the Greater Accra Region has been inaugurated, with a charge on the members to work as a team.

“This is because in unity lies strength,” said a former Board Chairman of the school, Mr Simon Odamtten, who further advised them to be guided by the Constitution and not to interfere with the day-to-day activities of the school.

Board members

The board has Mr Roosevelt Odai Otoo as the Chairman, with Professor (Mrs) Mary Akumah, Nene Narteh Wayo III, a historian; a representative of the Director-General of the GES, Mrs Elizabeth Oduro-Mensah; Greater Accra Regional Director of Education, Mrs Monica Ankrah; the District Director of Education, Ms Harriet Lomotey, and a representative of the old students’ association, Mr John Daniel Clottey-Sefa, as members.

Others are a representative of the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Pastor Bless Agbi, two representatives of the Shai Osudoku assembly, Nana Amponsah Dokua II, and Mr Opata Sackitey Jonas and a representative of the traditional council, Nana Okukrubour Tei Kwesi Agyemang V.

The rest are the headmaster of the school, Mr Ebenezer Graham Acquaah; a representative each of the non-teaching and teaching staff, Thomasia Atieku and Liticial Mamle Dosoo and the secretary to the board, Mrs Alberta Grace Pokoo.

Mr Odamtten, who is also an old student of the school, explained the benefits of institutional memory as related to an organisation such as a school.

He further advised them to remain committed and dedicated to the core values of the school as enshrined in the Constitution.

Mr Odamtten congratulated the outgoing board for the successful tenure and “for a great job done.”