Illiteracy said to be tragedy of the Muslim community in Ghana
A traditional ruler in the Upper West Region says illiteracy is one of the tragedies of the Ghanaian Muslim community which needed to be tackled seriously to create more opportunities for the youth to contribute meaningfully to national development.
Kuoro Barecheh Nlowie Baninye II, Acting President of the Buwa Traditional Council, has therefore called on Muslims to make education a topmost priority and use all available resources to build a better future for their children.
He also appealed to Muslims to stop forcing their daughters into early marriages as that practice held no good future for them.
Kuoro Baninye made the observation during the inauguration of a GH¢60,000 Mosque constructed for Muslims in the Niator community with financial assistance from Islamic Council for Development and Humanitarian Services (ICODEHS).
He said it was important for Muslims to respect others religions to help bring peace, tolerance and harmony into the country, pointing out that the Muslim world was a delicate one.
“My brothers and sisters in Islam, in this delicate world, when planning, be careful, when executing be cautious and when failing be courageous; that is the way to succeed in a delicate world”, Kuoro Baninye cautioned.
Kuoro Baninye commended ICODEHS for providing a mosque for the community and gave the assurance that the facility would help promote the Islamic religion in the area.
He also commended government for providing development projects in the Buwa Traditional Area but mentioned inadequate road network, dam facilities to promote all year farming and electricity to enhance cottage industries as well as classroom blocks and subsidies on agricultural inputs as some of the challenges undermining the development of the people.
Alhaji Taminu Saeed, a Director at the Upper West Regional Coordinating Council, who deputised for the Regional Minister, Alhaji Issahaque Salia, urged Muslims in the community to use the mosque to improve moral standards and values of the people.
He called for peaceful co-existence among the various ethnic groups in the area to enhance development.
He appealed to the people to avoid double registration during the voter’s registration exercise to make the 2012 general elections clean and credible.
Source: GNA