President Mahama breaks silence on Wesley Girls-Muslim students' saga

President John Dramani Mahama has urged authorities of mission schools to uphold religious diversity, noting that existing agreements already make room for the recognition of different faiths.

The President made this statement during a meeting with the National Peace Council on December 10, 2025, as tension over the alleged treatment of Muslim students in mission schools.

The President appealed to school authorities to adhere to the terms outlined in their Memorandum of Understanding.

According to him, although a case on the matter is currently before the Supreme Court, the dispute should not have arisen in the first place if the agreed documents were properly observed.

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“There is a matter before the Supreme Court which is yet to be determined. If you read what the faith-based organisations agreed in their own MoU, I don’t see any point of dispute.

"They all accept that if there is a mission school, it has its faith orientation, but within that faith orientation there must be recognition of diversity. It is right there in the MoU. I don’t want to suggest it but I think the Supreme Court has its work cut out for it because the same people signed that MoU, so I don’t see what the contention there is.” he said.

President Mahama’s comments follow a lawsuit filed against Wesley Girls’ Senior High School by Shafic Osman, who claims the school has consistently curtailed the religious rights of Muslim students by restricting their ability to practise their faith.

Plaintiff, Shafic Osman, is at the court alleging that Wesley Girls Senior High School’s policy forces Muslim girls to attend Christian services, while preventing Muslim girls from practising their faith, a policy which he says was inconsistent with provisions of the 1992 Constitution.

Osman is asking the court to declare that the school’s actions breach the 1992 Constitution, and to order the Ghana Education Service to develop constitutionally compliant guidelines on religious observance in public schools.

The Supreme Court has since directed Wesley Girls’ SHS to respond formally to the claims. The case has ignited national conversation on religious freedom and how mission schools should accommodate students of different faiths.

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