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 Many members would have been horrified at recent reports in the Ghanaian press of raw sewage flowing in the streets of the School! The School Board, Management, OAA Executive and other groups and individuals are working frantically behind the scenes to get the problem resolved. Whilst we have received many messages of strong support, a significant proportion of our members are also expressing frustration at the apparent lack of action to solve the problem!
As part of the public actions in support of the more private efforts, The Achimota School Foundation, a group of Old Achimotans with a specific focus has set up a website to gather as many signatures as possible in a Petition to the Government to act immediately to save the School. The OAA supports this initiative and urges All Old Achimotans and friends of the School to sign up to the petition. During an informal and brief meeting of concerned OAA members and individual memebers of the Board, on Sunday 31st January 2010, the Board Chairman, Akora Kwasi Okoh briefed those gathered on the situation. After some discussions the group assembled agreed to set up a fund to help in solving the problem. This would allow those in Ghana to contribute directly to the effort. More details will be posted later on this site. Vairous meetings are scheduled to be held between Sunday 7th February and Wednesday 9th February 2010 after which we expect a formal public response to the situation. This will be reported here as soon as it becomes available.
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 As part of its social responsibility, the OAA organized its 2nd Medical Outreach to surrounding communities. The Medical Outreach took place on 18th July 2009 at the Anumle Cluster of Schools, and was supported by a Medical team of Akora Doctors and Medical Assistants from the Korle-Bu Teaching, Ridge, No 37 Military and Achimota Hospitals.
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Written by The OAA 1959 Year Group
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In 2005 when we celebrated our 50th year of entering Achimota School the Headmistress of the School notified the OAA 1959 Year Group that we would be hosting the 2009 Founders Day Programme. Our responsibility was to comprise planning the celebratory activities and implementing a selected physical renova tion or development project.
The Year Group selected to build two Basketball Courts on the lawn in front of Kingsley House to International Standard. The project was seen as an expression of appreciation from the Year Group to the school, and the plaque on the court lists the names of the Year Group members. In commencing the project the late Akora Henry Dei became its moving force and it was unfortunate that he did not live to witness its completion and commissioning.
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 The General Meeting of the OAA, called to elect a new Executive for the current term, took place at the SSNIT Guest House at The Ridge in Accra on Friday 17th April 2009.
The meeting started shortly after 7:00 pm with a short opening prayer. The President declared the meeting open with a reminder that the gathering was a continuation of the AGM held in November 2008. In response to a question on the numbers that constituted a quorum, the relevant part of the OAA's Constitution was read out, stating that 50 members were required to constitute a quorum for an AGM. The number in attendance at the evening's meeting was stated as being 26 members.
The President declared the purpose of the meeting to be the Election of a new Executive of the OAA and called for nominations for an "Electoral Commissioner". During the process, a query was raised from the floor as to the legitimacy of the whole process, given that the numbers in attendance were less than those at the original AGM where the Elections were postponed due to insufficient numbers.
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