Savelugu Senior High School climaxes SRC Week Celebration with grand durbar

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Students of Savess at the grand durbar
Savelugu Senior High School (Savess) in the Northern Region has today Saturday, April 18, 2026, climaxed its SRC Week Celebration in a grand-styled-durbar. 
The event, organised under the the theme "Students in Substance Abuse: Dangers and the Way Forward", was graced by staff of the school, traditional and opinion leaders, health workers, and both old and continuing students.
In his address to kick-start the occasion, the SRC president of the school, Abdulai Alhassan, expressed gratitude to the headmaster, staff and students for their unflinching support, which culminated in making the celebration a success.
While wishing the final year students "the best of luck in their impending Wassce exam", he  called on them not to "end ties with the school after completion." 
Savess SRC president delivering his address 

The SRC president added that "completion is not the end of your relationship with the school but rather the beginning."
On his part, the first School Prefect (SP) of Savess, who doubles as president of the Savelugu SHS Old Students Association, Muniru Hardi, said during his time in the school from 1991 to1993, "the biggest temptation was dodging evening prep." He added however that "Times have changed. The pressures you face today, we never imagined in 1993. But the value of your life, the weight of your choices - that has not changed at all."
Mr. Hardi stated that "choosing this theme tells me you are not interested in pretending. You want to face the hard things and fix them." He explained that amongst other dangers, illicit substance intake "hijacks the brain, isolates the user, closes doors, and kills the abuser".
 Touching on the way forward as old students of the school, he made three (3) commitments. 
First SRC president and current president of Savess Old Students Association delivering his speech

 Mr. Hardi revealed  that they will initiate the "SAVESS Clean Future Project". Adding that starting this semester, "a quarterly fund outreach by health professionals to the school for confidential counseling, drug education, and testing support, will be rolled out." He said "No student will be named or shamed."
Mr. Hardi intimated that, there will also be the "1993 Legacy Fund- Skills Over Streets". He opined that the 1993 year group is mobilizing a fund to equip one "Life Skills Room" with "computers, instruments, and tools for students to learn music, coding and agribusiness". According to him "When your hands and minds are engaged, the wrong things lose their pull."

The last commitment, he said will be a Mentorship Line. According to the president, there will be a published list of  20 old students - doctors, counselors, pastors, imams, and police officers "who you can call or text 24/7, if you or your friend needs help. You do not have to battle alone".
On the part of the students, the former SRC president called on them to develop "the courage to say NO first, the courage to speak UP and the courage to stand OUT".

Mr. Hardi concluded that "The way forward is not a mystery. It is a decision. Make it today. Choose your future over a feeling. Choose your school's name over a few minutes of escape. Choose life."

Meanwhile, the president has urged mangement of the school to partner with the old students, to train more staff in basic addiction first-aid, adding that "we will support the cost."

Headmaster of Savelugu SHS, Alhassan Abdulai delivering his closing remarks 

 In his closing address, the chairman of the occasion and headmaster of the school, Alhassan Abdulai said students must take their studies seriously in order "to reach higher heights." While advising students to desist from engaging in substance abuse,  he said, "it is a dangerous disease." He added that "an individual who abuses substances becomes a slave to it".
Mr. Abdulai intimated that Savess has produced a lot of prominent individuals including a female pilot.
He has since urged all students to remain committed to their books and "one day, their names shall be in the good books of Savess and the nation."

A section of some old students of Savess at the durbar 

Savess Cadet Corps 

Traditional leaders 

A section of the teaching staff
MCs for the program
Students 


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