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Her remarks came amid public scrutiny of the handling of allegations against Zakaria Abdulai, who was interdicted as headmaster following a JoyNews investigative documentary alleging sexual harassment and assault involving female students.<\/p>\n
Appiagyei said public pressure had also been necessary to prevent Abdulai from pursuing a political position while the allegations were under investigation. The MP expressed disappointment over information presented to Parliament about the case, saying she had expected firmer action from the authorities.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were made to understand that the person had been brought to, even they were going to encourage that guy to stand as a chairman of a particular constituency, not until there was a hue and cry from us, then they stopped him from even venturing to stand as a chairman,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was expecting a strict action but got disappointed this morning when it came to light that the idea that the person has been picked was a fluke,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can\u2019t joke with the lives of our future leaders, so it is important that we are calling, and we are demanding an immediate action against the Abdulai man,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Appiagyei rejected suggestions that her position was politically motivated, saying she would oppose sexual abuse regardless of the political affiliation of anyone implicated.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy not? I am very particular about people who try to have [relations with] such youthful girls\u2026 we are not going to give in to anybody, any individual coming from any party in this country who abuse children of this age,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She argued that inadequate punishment for sexual offences had contributed to their continued occurrence.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve heard [of these] from time immemorial, but I don\u2019t think the required punishment has been meted out to those who commit such crimes and that\u2019s why it continues,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n
The controversy follows a JoyNews documentary by journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni alleging sexual harassment and assault involving at least 19 female students at Obuasi SHTS.<\/p>\n
Police in the Ashanti Region have said Abdulai was arrested in connection with one rape complaint filed on 4 August and granted bail, with the docket sent to the Attorney General for advice. Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has ordered his interdiction and referred the matter to the Criminal Investigations Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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