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Kofi Yeboah Writes, THE Presbyterian Boys Senior High School, Legon (Legon PRESEC) is arguably one of the best senior high schools in Ghana and many a parent will jump in ecstasy when their sons gain admission into that renowned school. But Lydia Ofei, a resident of Suhum in the Eastern Region, burst into tears in utter disappointment about her son gaining admission into Legon PRESEC. Due to poverty, Lydia, a mother of five and single parent working as an attendant at a nursery school in Suhum, had advised her 16-year-old son to choose one of the three senior high schools in Suhum as a day student because that is what she can afford. However, Isaac Obeng, brilliant and ambitious, defied his mother’s advice and chose Legon PRESEC as a boarding student, and that is what made his mother cry inconsolably. “When the results were released, I was happy and equally sad. I don’t have money and so I told him to choose a day school in Suhum. But he said that [Legon PRESEC] was the only school he ...

Kofi Yeboah Writes, It is Good Friday, April 7, 2023. Jesus Christ has been killed by the Jews after one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, sold him out for crucifixion 2023 years ago, so says the Bible. Christians across the world are mourning Jesus Christ, some with church services and others with ‘Gbonyo Party’. I am doing none of those. I am travelling to Obuasi. But I am soberly reflecting on the saving grace of Jesus Christ secured by his death on this day. One nagging question, which has never betrayed me on this occasion like Judas did to Jesus, but which I desire to kill like the Jews did to Jesus, is that if the death of Jesus Christ brought salvation to humankind, did Judas, who contributed significantly to the killing of Jesus, do wrong? Another nagging question: why did Judas Iscariot commit suicide after gaining handsomely from the betrayal transaction? To the latter question, I guess the answer may not be far-fetched: money is not everything in life. Any...