Located at Cantonments, a suburb of Accra, the New Horizon Special School is a learning facility for pupils with special needs.
Authorities of the school say the presence of huge billboards interlocked with electricity wires puts the lives of the special needs children at risk and wants city authorities to have them relocated.
JoyNews visited the school. In an interview with the Deputy Principal, Joselyn Adoboe, she revealed that two of the billboards fell, one on the kids' playing ground and the other on the main playing ground.

"We have about nine billboards in front of our school and its posing a lot of threat to the lives of our children and also property of the school", she said.

"This is a plea to the municipality to take action so that the billboards are relocated so that there will be visibility and no more threat to property and lives of children of the school", she added.

The Assembly Man of the area, Alhaji Bashiru Mahama explained that the delay in response has been occasioned by the process that it takes to have billboards removed.
He also disagrees with the school’s position that the billboards present a big risk to life, stressing further that the parcel of land on which the billboards have been mounted does not belong to the school, hence the need for tact in handling the matter.
"That land in question is not the schools' land so the school doesn't have authority on that land", he said.
"I am not saying that the school is not paying anything to the Assembly so we should not take care of the school, it is a special school that needs more attention", he added.
Latest Stories
-
At least 20 killed in crush at US-backed GHF aid site in Gaza
23 seconds -
KAA’s ‘Big Bang’ enters NPP flagbearer race in style
2 minutes -
202 ECG contracts to be terminated, 145 others under review – Jinapor
11 minutes -
Farmers along Asutsuare-Aveyime road project to receive compensation – Road Minister Kwame Agbodza
16 minutes -
Cwesi Oteng paved the way for a lot of things in Ghana’s gospel industry – Perez Musik
17 minutes -
Ghana’s energy sector is showing signs of stability – Jinapor
24 minutes -
We’re not selling ECG – Energy Minister
32 minutes -
ECG sees significant growth in revenue generation – John Jinapor
44 minutes -
Ghana Para Athletics launches nationwide talent hunt in Kumasi
46 minutes -
Government agencies join forces to implement School Farms Presidential initiative
49 minutes -
Kinshasa gears up to host inaugural World Music and Tourism Festival
1 hour -
BoG Governor urges businesses to re-invest locally to sustain forex stability
1 hour -
Suspended Chief Justice Torkornoo’s $10 Million ECOWAS Showdown Tests Ghana’s Democratic Pillars
1 hour -
Education Minister’s statement doesn’t affect upcoming licensure exams – NTC tells candidates
1 hour -
NDC’s Yakubu Abanga pledges to resign if found guilty of galamsey involvement
2 hours