This weekend on Newsfile, we confront the stories defining Ghana’s rule of law, governance, and accountability ecosystem. It’s a charged national conversation, from the classrooms of Cape Coast to the corridors of Parliament, and straight into the vaults of Ghana’s mineral wealth.
We begin at Wesley Girls’ High School, where a new Supreme Court order has pushed the long-running religious rights dispute into a decisive phase. The Court has given the school’s Board 14 days to respond to allegations that Muslim students face restrictions on prayer, fasting, and hijab use.
The Attorney-General is backing Wesley Girls’ long-standing policies; the Education Minister insists “no girl will be denied her faith.” But the plaintiffs say the Constitution itself is being violated.
And in a major twist, Democracy Hub has now been admitted into the case, signalling a potential landmark ruling on how mission schools manage religious diversity.
With the Methodist Church openly vowing to defend the school’s heritage, the stakes have never been higher.
So here’s the question: Can mission-school identity coexist with the constitutional promise of religious freedom?
Then to Parliament, and the battle for representation in the Kpandai Constituency. A High Court has annulled the 2024 parliamentary election and ordered a rerun, triggering political tension across the North. The Speaker has stepped in, ruling that MP Matthew Nyindam remains fully recognised until December 1, citing the automatic stay of execution under Ghanaian law.
But the Minority says the ruling undermines electoral justice and the legitimacy of the House.
Our question: When the courts invalidate an election, who should sit in Parliament, and who decides?
And we close with Ghana’s minerals wealth, now at the centre of a financial earthquake. A confidential audit reveals that the MIIF Board blew over GH¢11 million on unapproved foreign trips. Even more alarming, JoyNews has intercepted documents showing MIIF has lost more than GH¢700 million in a gold-trading deal with Goldridge Refinery Limited, a deal auditors say lacked basic safeguards.
Oversight failures, governance breaches, and massive financial exposure now threaten public confidence in one of Ghana’s most strategic revenue institutions.
So here’s the big question: If MIIF cannot secure Ghana’s mineral revenues, who will?
This Saturday, we’re not just reviewing headlines, we’re interrogating the systems behind them: the law, the Constitution, political accountability, and the integrity of public institutions.
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