By Love Wilhelmina Abanonave
Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has called on the government to take the reported sexual abuse scandal involving 19 female students at Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS) seriously.
He has also demanded that the Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, appear before Parliament to brief the House on the actions being taken.
Speaking on the matter during a media briefing on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, the Minority Leader expressed concern about how the case, which involves the headmaster at the centre of the allegations, was being handled.
“The 19 female students in the reported allegations of the Obuasi sexual abuse scandal have made their complaints. We are told the one in the centre of this, the headmaster, was granted bail, self-recognisance bail, in a very serious matter such as this,” he said.
He questioned whether political considerations might have influenced the handling of the case.
“Is it because he’s an NDC member? We are not interested in this one-man action,” he noted.
According to him, the focus should not be on one individual but on the failure of the system that parents trust to protect their children in schools.
“We are interested in the very system that parents trust, and that has failed them. Who received the earlier complaint, and what did they do to them? Every complaint must be investigated, not only the ones that reached the police,” Afenyo-Markin stated.
The Minority Leader further stressed the need for structural reforms in schools to ensure safe reporting channels for students and support systems for survivors.
“Every school needs a safe, confidential way for a student to report abuse, and every survivor needs counselling, protection, and the chance to finish her education,” he said.
He called on the government to take decisive action and ensure accountability.
“We urge the government to attach seriousness to this matter, and to demand from the Minister of Education to come to the Parliament House floor and share with us what the government is doing,” he added.
