Breaking: Ghana Police Arrests “Teacher” Impersonating Director-General

Information reaching Ghana Education News indicates that Ghana Police Arrests Teacher Impersonating Director-General.

The information received is as follows…

CRIME ALERT: Ghana Police Service through the efforts of GES of the Northern region has arrested Ziblim Abdul Latif, a National Service Personnel, posted at Yendi Senior High School for impersonating Director-General of education and Northern regional education director to recruit over 80 teaching staff into GES.

The teachers recruited by the alleged imposter are posted to about 40 basic schools in the Savelugu Municipality with the majority of the victims being female teachers.

Each recruit has reportedly paid an amount of 5000 Ghana cedis to the imposter for permanent appointment following thorough checks carried out by the human resource department of the Ghana Education Service, Northern Region.

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The suspect is currently in the grip of the police, pending further investigations and possible prosecution.

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In June, the GES published the names of teachers who were posted to schools and revealed that the postings were not done by the managers of education at the Pre-tertiary level.

This is a developing story and our readers will be updated.