GHANA MUSLIMS MISSION UPSET WITH STATE AUTHORITIES

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The Ghana Muslim Mission has called on city authorities in Kumasi, to as a matter of urgency halt the construction of a fuel filling station behind the girls’ dormitory block and kitchen of the Islamic Senior High School at Bohyen in Kumasi and a gas filling station in front of the school’s main gate. 

According to the Mission, the two developments, if not halted, could be a recipe for disaster especially against the three thousand 400 student population and over 200 school staff. 

Addressing a news conference in Kumasi, the National Vice Chairman of the Ghana Muslim Mission and Board Member of the Islamic Senior High School, Dr. Mohammed Duah said a check at the Lands Commission has revealed that the fuel station owner has no title to the land being used for the purpose, while both the fuel and gas filling station developments have been sited in flood-prone areas.

 He said state institutions have disregarded efforts by the Ghana Muslim Mission and Management of the Islamic Senior High School to them to stop these potential disasters. 

Dr. Duah said for instance that the school about a year ago, registered its displeasure in an official letter to the Environmental Protection Agency and to protest against the construction of the gas filling station just a few metres from the school. 

Series of reminder letters had been written to the Agency, with copies sent to the Ashanti Regional Minister, Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive, Regional and Metropolitan Directors of Education.

 In response, the EPA and city authorities conducted intensive assessment of the impact the gas filling station might have on the school. 

  Dr. Duah said however that a directive to the owner to halt further development of the project have fallen on deaf ears. 

He reminded the EPA and city authorities to be mindful of the series of gas and fuel explosions witnessed in the country of late and ensure that they do not allow the interest of an individual to supercede that of the majority of residents, particularly students of the Islamic Senior High School.

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