The Child Rights International, a non-profitable organization which advocates the welfare of children in the country has taken interest in the death of Theophilus Ansah, an 18-year-old science student of the Ghana National College in Cape Coast in the Central Region.

This was after a team of officers from the organization, paid a visit to the house of the bereaved family at Saltpond on Thursday.

Deceased died on Saturday, July 6, 2024, under circumstance his family finds bizarre and has accused authorities of Ghana National College of his death, in what they describe to be a willful neglect of duty.

Members of the family following the demise of Theophilus, has implored the Ministry of Education, Ghana Education Service (GES) and child rights organisations to intervene to ensure justice is served. 

Kenneth Quashie, Operations Manager for Child Rights International who led the team, recounted to visit the bereaved family following the news surrounding deceased's death and assured the organization's readiness to offer the best of help it can to the family.

He then raised concern over the increasing rate of cases on students dying on campus to diseases like malaria and called on government to take keen eye on the sick bays of various secondary schools across the country and the specific nurses operating there to curb the menace.

Spokesperson for the family and Aunty to the deceased, Ms Lucy Quainoo in an engagement with the media, admonished appreciation to Child Rights International for their interest expressed in the death of Theophilus Ansah.

She reaffirmed the family's position of seeking justice for the dead and beseeched the Ministry of Education to interdict the Headmaster of Ghana National College and its two House Masters to commence probing into the case to unravel truth surrounding the teenager's death.

Sompaonline.com/Eric Annan