Govt donates food items to Muslims

30/9/09

Story: Musah Yahaya Jafaru
THE government has donated assorted food items worth hundreds of Ghana cedis to Muslim organisations, as its contribution towards the Eid-Ul-Fitr celebration.
The items are 510 bags of rice, 63 cartons of cooking oil and eight rams.
The beneficiary organisations are the Office of the National Chief Imam, the Ahlussunna Wal Jama’a (ASWAJ), the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, the Shia Group, the Council of Muslim and Zongo Chiefs, the Federation of Ghanaian Muslims, the Coalition of Muslim Organisations, Ghana (COMOG) and the Federation of Muslim Associations, Ghana (FOMWAG).
The Presidential Spokesperson, Mr Mahama Ayariga, who presented the food items on behalf of President John Evans Atta Mills and Vice President John Dramani Mahama, called on the Muslims to continue to support government’s development agenda.
He said the President knew that Eid-Ul Fitr was an occasion to celebrate, share and generally promote unity and integration of families.
Therefore, he said, the President wanted to join Muslims in the celebration of the Eid-Ul-Fitr.
He said the gesture was the President’s widow’s mite to Muslims during their celebrations, noting that “the President wants to join Muslims in the celebration and show that he is with you as you prepare for the celebration.”
Mr Ayariga said President Mills believed that prayers for peace, unity and prosperity which Muslims said during the 30-day period of fasting would be answered by God.
That, he said, would make Ghana “a more peaceful, united and prosperous country.”
The Public Relations Officer of the Council of Muslim and Zongo Chiefs, Chief Alhaji Imoro Baba Issa, thanked President Mills and the government officials in general for donating food items to all active Muslim organisations.
He prayed that President Mills would continue to live in peace and enjoy the co-operation of all Ghanaians to be able to achieve his target of improving the living conditions of Ghanaians.
In a related development, Vice President John Dramani Mahama donated 20 bags of rice and five cartons of cooking oil to the Chief of Zongo, Mallam Hamisu Bako, as his contribution towards the Eid-Ul Fitr celebration.
Alhaji Baba Sharif, who represented the Vice President, stressed the need for Muslims to continue to live in peace with all the religious faiths in the country.