GES directs AR & Obuasi Municipal education directors to step aside over Obuasi SHTS probe | Pulse

GES directs Ashanti Regional and Obuasi Municipal education directors to step aside over Obuasi SHTS probe The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed the Ashanti Regional Director of Education, Dr William Amankrah Appiah, and the Obuasi Municipal Director of Education, Kwamena Owusu-Nketiah, to step aside with immediate effect as investigations continue into allegations of sexual misconduct involving the headmaster of Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS), Zakaria Abdulai. In a statement issued on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, and signed by its Head of Public Relations, Daniel Fenyi, the GES said the directive was intended to ensure the investigation proceeds without interference or the perception of interference. The two directors have been instructed to hand over their offices and all state property in their possession to the Deputy Ashanti Regional Director of Education, Thomas Kwame Boateng. The GES also reaffirmed that Mr Abdulai remains interdicted, dismissing reports circulating that he had been cleared.