From Ishaque Agyei
The Central Regional Accountant of the Ghana Education Service, Mr. T. K. Amankwaa, was spared the calamity of over four hours of rainfall in the regional capital, Cape Coast, in the wake of the floods and fire tragedies in Accra on June 3, this year.
The Accountant, who was transferred from the Atiwa District in the Eastern Region, has, since September 22, 2014, been residing at the Ghana Education Service Guest House at Ola, a suburb of Cape Coast. Investigations by The Chronicle revealed that several documentations and efforts by the regional authorities to get a proper and conducive apartment for him have proved futile.
According to an eyewitness, on Sunday June 14, 2015, around 10:00 p.m., part of the fence wall around the Guest House collapsed, during a heavy downpour which rendered most communities in the region flooded. He said that the Regional Accountant could have been a victim, if the polytank reservoir had not blocked the collapsing wall.
Asked why the Accountant has been at the Guest House for that long, it was revealed that from time immemorial that has been the practice of the authorities, who are supposed to provide proper apartments for Ghana Education Service officers.
The eyewitness, who is also an occupant of the Guest House, also expressed disappointment at the issue, with respect to the allocation of apartments, and reluctantly admitted bureaucracy in the allocations process. It was also revealed that the Accountant has applied on several occasions for the re-location of his place of abode, only to be told by the regional authorities, “you will hear from us.”