The Supreme Court has directed the Board of Governors of Wesley Girls’ Senior High School to respond to allegations of violating Muslim students’ right to perform their religious prayers within 14 days.
This was after the apex court, on Tuesday, granted the Attorney-General’s motion for leave to file a new statement of case on behalf of some of the defendants.
A private legal practitioner, Shafic Osman, has issued a writ alleging that the rights of Muslim students are being violated and named the Board of Governors of Wesley Girls’ SHS, Ghana Education Service, and the Attorney-General as the first, second, and third defendants, respectively.
On Tuesday, a seven-member panel of the Supreme Court—presided over by Justice Gabriel Pwamang, after granting the AG’s request, which was not opposed—directed the Board of Governors of the Wesley Girls’ Senior High School to respond to the plaintiff’s statement of case within 14 days.
