Muslim Ghana

Ghana Broadcasting Corporation

Tuesday, 5, August, 2008

The Minister of Water Resources Works and Housing, Boniface Abubakar Saddique has asked the various political parties not to engage any Moslem Youth in activities that will promote violence during this year’s elections. The Minister said this at the Annual General Meeting of the Eastern Regional House of chiefs and Imams in Koforidua.

He said the Muslim Youth should be educated to understand politics and how to avoid activities that promote violence in Zongo communities. Mr. Abubakar Saddique said most politicians normally use the Muslim youth as instruments of violence during elections and later abandon them after the elections which goes a long way to destroy their future.

He called on all Muslim chiefs in the country to ensure that peace prevails in all the Muslim communities before, during and after the general elections, since disunity does not develop a country. Mr. Abubakar Saddique advised all the political parties not to use violence to seek power in the coming elections and urged them to ensure that all their activities encourage and promote the socio-economic development of the country.

He promised to give the Muslim House of Chiefs 100 bags of cement to begin a new office. The President of the Muslim House of Chiefs and Imams Abubakar Umar, said the Muslim House of chiefs and Imams is to foster unity among the people in Muslim communities and to ensure peaceful elections.