{
  "id": 6937868,
  "title": "Adutwum’s spokesperson challenges Haruna’s claim he inherited current CSSPS",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/adutwums-spokesperson-challenges-harunas-claim-he-inherited-current",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-12T13:43:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/adutwums-spokesperson-challenges-harunas-claim-he-inherited-current-cssps/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has claimed that he inherited the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) from his predecessor, Yaw Osei Adutwum. However, Adutwum's spokesperson, Yaw Opoku Mensah, has challenged this assertion, stating that the current system being used for the placement process was introduced under the Mahama administration in 2025. Opoku Mensah accused Iddrisu of rewriting history to avoid responsibility for the system's current problems. He emphasized that the application being used, COLDSIS, is a third-party system introduced under the current government and acknowledged that the government bears the responsibility for the system's successes and shortcomings.",
  "summary": "Spokesperson for former Education Minister Yaw Osei Adutwum has challenged Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu’s claim that he inherited the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS), arguing that the current application being used for the process was introduced under the Mahama administration in 2025.",
  "key_points": [
    "Haruna Iddrisu claims CSSPS inheritance from Yaw Osei Adutwum.",
    "Adutwum's spokesperson, Yaw Opoku Mensah, disputes the inheritance claim.",
    "COLDSIS, the current system, introduced under Mahama's 2025 administration."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}