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Akosua Manu accuses Ghanaian state of abandoning 19 students

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Akosua Manu accused Ghanaian institutions of failing to adequately protect 19 students allegedly sexually abused at Obuasi Senior High Technical School. Mahamudu Bawumia’s former adviser called for a stronger state response, according to The Ghana Report.

Akosua Manu, gender and social protection adviser to former Ghanaian Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia, accused state institutions of failing to protect 19 students at Obuasi Senior High Technical School. She was reacting to allegations of sexual abuse involving the school’s headmaster, The Ghana Report said.

The allegations concern 19 students. Akosua Manu believes that public institutions failed to protect them from the alleged acts.

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