Committee investigating Islamic SHS shooting incident to present its report on Tuesday
The Defence and Interior Committee of Parliament had been tasked by the Speaker of Parliament to probe last Monday’s protest at Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi that result in some form of police brutalities. The committee will meet today, Monday to discuss the work before submitting its findings to the plenary tomorrow, Tuesday.
It will be recalled that over 30 students from the school were hospitalized last week after they were met with police action that included the use of tear gas and the firing of warning shots during a protest.
The students were demonstrating over the incessant knockdowns of their colleagues and teachers due to the unavailability of speed ramps to check the excessive speeding in front of their school.
Ophelia Hayford, Vice-Chair of the committee and legislator for Mfantseman stated that on “Monday we are meeting as a committee to deliberate on the issues and to put up our report.”
“So hopefully, on Tuesday we will present our report to the Speaker. All things being equal, if we can put it together, we will then present it to Parliament as directed by the Speaker,” the MP said
The committee has already expressed concern over the actions of the police officers who were deployed to maintain order in the school.
Also, it took a swipe at the Urban Roads Directorate for failing to act in providing speed ramps on the main Abrepo -Barekese road after the school wrote several letters to draw the directorate’s attention to the matter.
The Chairman of the Committee, Kennedy Agyapong, said he would have sacked the Urban Roads Director in the Ashanti Region if he had the power to do so.
