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The deputy of Ningo-Prampram declares that it is illegal for the authorities of the Achimota school to refuse the enrollment of two Rastafarian pupils.
Mr. Sam Nartey George, in his intervention on the floor of the House, indicated that article 17 (2) of the Constitution of 1992 opposes any form of discrimination, as such, the Achimota school must submit to the dictates of the law and register the two students with dreadlocks.
“Mr. President, Article 17 (2) of the Constitution clearly states that no one can be discriminated against on any grounds. Why is he wearing dreadlocks? Is this a fashion statement or is it the result of religious belief? We understand that this is the result of religious belief.
“Are we then going to say that the rules and regulations of the Achimota school replace the constitution of 1992?” We cannot accept this Mr. President ”, he declared.
His concerns follow the decision of the administrator of the Achimota school and the Ghana Education Service who refused to enroll the two students – Tyron Marghuy and Oheneba Kwaku Nkrabea – because of their dreadlocks.
Citing media reports, he said these students attributed themselves to the Rastafarian religion and refuted allegations of dreadlocking to make a fashion statement, thus finding no reason for the school’s steadfast decision.
He therefore accused the administrators of the Achimota school of being discriminatory, as they have accepted long-haired white students in recent years but are currently failing to enroll Ghanaian students with dreadlocks.
“It’s that kind of discrimination and I call it discrimination because the same Achimota school has white Caucasian girls with long hair, which is against the rules and regulations of the Achimota school. So we have to ask ourselves “is it because this young man is a Ghanaian whose father or mother may not be” someone “in our society?
“Is that why he is being treated this way?” While you are in this same school, you have foreign, non-Ghanaian, Caucasian students who also wear long hair in the same school. So where were the Achimota rules and regulations when overseas students were allowed to wear long hair? he asked.
According to Sam George, it was a surprise to him when he learned that the students had been rejected because of their hair because it had no impact on their contribution to society.
“Mr President, the question we should be asking ourselves is, ‘Are we more interested as a country in the knowledge that we pass on to the young men and women who will form the next generation of leaders or are we interested in what they wear on their head. Mr. Speaker, is there any scientific evidence to show that wearing your hair down is being a responsible citizen?
“… Listening to one of the students in question, it is shocking that a school wants to deprive such a smart young man of the opportunity to continue his education,” he added.
MP Ningo-Prampram, in conclusion, suggested that the debate on the subject be broadened to allow the nation to reconsider some of the “colonial thinking and mentality” imposed on Ghanaians in other areas of the country.
“The headmistress herself wears an artificial wig, but we think it’s wrong for someone to wear dreadlocks. So, Mr President, this must trigger a new and broader debate in this country. We are stuck in our colonial thinking and mentality, which is why you have always respectfully, our Supreme Court justices and our lawyers appearing wearing horse wigs which are a relic of the colonial past, ”he said. declared.
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