Asantehemaa's funeral: schools in Ashanti Region ordered to close down

December 3, 2017 6:12 PM

A statement from the GES sighted by Pulse.com.gh directs that all schools be closed down on Monday December 4 and Friday December 8.

Basic and secondary schools in the Kumasi Metropolis and the Asokore Mampong Municipality in the Ashanti Region have been ordered to close down by the

A statement from the GES sighted by Pulse.com.gh directs that all schools be closed down on Monday December 4 and Friday December 8.

"We wish to inform residents in Kumasi Metro, Asokore Mampong Municipal and the general public that activities being held for the final funeral rites of the late queen mother, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem 11 demand that Basic schools within these areas be closed down on Monday 4th December 2017,” the statement said.

“On Friday 8th December, 2017 schools will close at 12 noon to enable students to reach home on time. Day students in the Senior High schools are also to stay home within these two days,” the statement added.

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The late Asantehemaa, mother of the current Ashantehene, died in December 2016.

Her final funeral rites are being held between December 1 and December 11, 2017 in the Ashanti Region.

Abu Mubarik Abu Mubarik is a writer at Pulse Ghana with special interests in Ghana politics, international relations and geopolitics.

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