General News of Saturday, 17 April 2021Source: crimecheckghana.org23-year-old ex-convict, Abu Safianu Yahaya who dreams of becoming a nurse has his hopes dashed because of his ex-convict status. He has therefore appealed to the government to come to his aid to gain admission into any of the three different Senior High Schools who refused to enroll him. He claimed that, the management of the schools, Awe Senior High School, Fumbisi Senior High School and the Sandema Senior High School all in the Northern Region refused to admit him because they realized he was an ex-convict though he got aggregate sixteen (16) in the Basic Education Certificate Examination, BECE. “All the schools I tried to get admission asked me to go back to my former school for a recommendation letter before they can admit me. The young ex-convict said he served four years of his term after his family members appealed his sentence following the death of his father.

Source: GhanaWeb April 17, 2021 01:41 UTC