The legal battle over religious practices at Wesley Girls’ Senior High School (WGHS) have drawn fresh commentary from retired Bishop of the Methodist Church Ghana Rt. Rev. Ayensu Bosomtwe, who argues that students must respect the rules of the schools they choose.

The case filed in December 2024 by lawyer Shafic Osman, a private legal practitioner challenges what he describes as discriminatory policies at WGHS that prevent Muslim students from observing their faith.

Among the grievances raised are restrictions on fasting during Ramadan, wearing the hijab, and performing daily Islamic prayers.

The lawsuit argues that these policies violate religious-freedom and anti-discrimination protections under the 1992 Constitution of Ghana.

On November 25, 2025, a seven-member panel of the Supreme Court of Ghana granted the school’s Board of Governors 14 days to respond to the allegations so that the Court could properly establish the facts of the matter.

The Supreme Court has also permitted Democracy Hub to join the case against Wesley Girls’ Senior High School as amicus curiae.

It is against this legal backdrop that in an interview with Ama Konadu, sit-in-host of ‘Ade Akye Abia’ morning show on Sompa 98.9FM in Sunyani, Wednesday November 26, Rt Rev Bosomtwe, questioned why some students enroll in a mission school yet resist abiding by its founding principles.

He remarked: “When you read the law you will notice there are rights. The question is what is the responsibility of the child?” He went on to compare attending a faith-based school while rejecting its regulations to trespassing on someone’s property.

He asked rhetorically: “Is it by force for every girl to attend Wesley Girls? There are many schools in Ghana. Why choose a specific school and refuse to obey its rules?”

The controversial minister of God explained that, “the rules and regulations governing the Christian mission schools have existed for years and no one has contested it because they are in line with the church's principles and does not infringe on the rights of any student.”

He argued that selecting a school comes with an understanding of its rules, and those who decline to abide should choose elsewhere.

Bishop Bosomtwe added that allowing special accommodations based on faith, such as for Muslim students, risks undermining the institutional identity of mission schools.

“This is the school and these are their rules. You must obey them,” he said, warning against what he described as attempts to force a Christian-run institution to abandon decades-old principles.

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