On Thursday, May 19, 2022, following an investigation, the Northern Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Fire Service, ADOII Hudu Baba, revealed that there was an electric heater plugged in one of the dormitories which they suspect could have caused the fire.
This led to the closure of the school for the school authorities to re-accommodate the girls.
The fire destroyed school uniforms, chop boxes, mattresses, and books among other learning materials belonging to the students.
Ghana Gas quickly responded and rehabilitated the Tolon Senior High School Girls Dormitory.
Speaking at the handing over ceremony, the Director General of Education in the Northern Region, Alhaji Aliyu Mohammed, commended the gas company for taking upon itself to rehabilitate and hand over the dormitory to Tolon Senior High School within a short possible time.
“We all recall what happened about a year ago here, the day when the school’s girl dormitory was burnt to ashes. Management of education in the district, the DCE, the District Director of Education and the Headmaster, Ahmed Yussif, and other stakeholders in consultation with the Regional Director of Education and His Royal Highness Naa-Yab Tolon Naa and the Member of Parliament for the area, Habib Iddrisu, took a decision to ensure that what happened did not affect quality of education.”
Tolon Senior High School is among the schools that have qualified for the National Science and Math quiz despite these difficulties faced by the school.
The Tolon District Chief Executive, Fusenini Salifu Issifu Moshie, was quick to commend the gas company for taking the responsibility to re-accommodate the Tolon Senior High School Girls Dormitory.
Source: myghanadaily
