General News of Tuesday, 27 June 2017Source: Starrfmonline.comNapo petitioned to halt transfer of mission schoolsMatthew Opoku Prempeh Education MinisterTwo Muslims residing in Accra have petitioned the Education Minister to halt the plan to hand over mission schools to churches. According to the petitioners, – Dr. Abdullatiff Diaby and Abdulahi Ibrahim – these mission schools though built in the colonial era have received a substantial investment from government over several decades resulting in their much transformation to date. The petitioners added that the church does not have the funds to support and run these schools. The petition stated that “it is wrong for government to use state resources to equip these mission schools, train its teachers and pay the salaries of both teaching and non-teaching staff and then hand over the management and administration of these schools to the church under the pretext of combating moral decadence. Dr. Abdullatiff Diaby and Abdulahi Ibrahim have instructed their Lawyers to sue government if their demands are not met.

Source: GhanaWeb June 27, 2017 10:52 UTC