The New Patriotic Party’s Women’s Wing is marching in Obuasi today, Friday, November 6, over alleged sexual abuse at Obuasi Senior High Technical School, as an advocacy coalition demands a National Sex Offenders Register.
Led by National Women’s Organiser Mavis Hawa Koomson, the opposition group announced the Friday protest on Wednesday to demand justice over allegations that the school’s interdicted headmaster, Zakaria Abdulai, sexually abused 19 female students.
Koomson confirmed on Thursday that the wing had secured clearance from traditional authorities in Obuasi for the peaceful march.
The demonstrators are presenting petitions to the Obuasi Municipal Chief Executive, the Municipal Education Director, the Parent-Teacher Association and the Ashanti Regional Minister, with copies addressed to Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang and the Inspector-General of Police.
“If we do not hear anything within 14 days, we will organise another mammoth march in Accra to drum home our concerns,” Koomson said ahead of Friday’s protest.
Why the NPP Women’s Wing is marching in Obuasi
The allegations against the interdicted headmaster include rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment.
Koomson cited reports suggesting school authorities received complaints as early as March 2026. She also referred to institutional records reportedly indicating similar alleged misconduct in 2021; neither claim has been independently confirmed.
“These revelations represent a catastrophic failure of the duty of care owed to our children,” she said.
Koomson acknowledged action by the Ghana Education Service (GES), the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, and the Ghana Police Service’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID).
She said investigators should also scrutinise whether school and district officials neglected complaints they had received earlier.
She urged police to check the headmaster’s previous school postings for any earlier allegations and called on the Ministry of Education and the GES to set up confidential toll-free reporting lines and counselling units across basic and second-cycle schools.
“We will not allow this to be swept under the carpet. We are formally requesting constant update from the investigating authorities.”
“We want answers. The public wants answers,” Koomson said.
