The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Kwabena Agyepong, has assured Muslim communities of the party’s commitment to work with them to ensure peace and prosperity.
He has, therefore, urged Muslims to work in concert with the NPP to bring peace and prosperity to the country in general and the Zongo communities in particular.
Mr Agyepong made the call when he led the party to present food items worth GH¢7,400 and comprisiing rice and cooking oil to the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Nuhu Sharubutu, and the Al Sunna Wagamat Imam, Sheikh Umar Ibrahim, at separate ceremonies in Accra on Friday. They each received items worth GH¢3,700 and GH¢1,000 cash to assist the vulnerable during the period of fasting.
Co-existence
Mr Agyepong solicited the support of the Muslim community to work with the NASARA wing of the party to win the 2016 election to bring about the needed prosperity, and deepen the peaceful co-existence between Muslims and other religious bodies in the country.
He said the NPP had made it a tradition to share with Muslims the blessing that came with Ramadan, which is a period of reflection.
Mr Agyepong commended the Chief Iman for his peaceful nature, which has helped to enhance peace and harmony in the country in general and in Muslim communities in particular.
The National Co-ordinator of the Muslim wing of the NPP, NASARA , Alhaji Kamal Deen Abdullai, urged Muslim youth to aspire to acquire secular education and attain leadership positions in the country instead of solely relying on religious education.
Secular education
He said the Muslim communities stood a chance of excelling in their endeavours if they combined secular and religious education.
Sheikh Sharubutu implored Ghanaians to not take the peaceful co-existence among the various religious groups in the country for granted.
Also Sheikh Umar Ibrahim, who received the item at the Abubakar Siddiq Mosque at Abeka, a suburb of Accra, said lack of schools in Muslim communities had contributed to ignorance among Muslim youth.
He, therefore, appealed to the government to consider building more schools in Muslim communities to counter a danger such as extremism, which is plaguing Muslim youth.
