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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday urged citizens to strive to preserve the enviable Ghanaian religious tolerance culture.
He said that the magnificent spectacle of religious communities coexisting peacefully in the country should not be taken for granted, as the nation's development vision would be in vain without peace and stability.
"We must continue to preserve our culture of religious tolerance," he said by joining with thousands of Muslims to mark the prayers of the Eid-ul-Fitr this year on the Square of Jerusalem. Independence in Accra.
Under the leadership of Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharabutu, National Chief of Imam, Muslims offered prayers to mark the end of Ramadan, the holy month of Islamic fasting.
President Akufo-Addo told the meeting that the nation needed the virtues of good neighborliness, sacrifice and discipline that Islam required the faithful to cultivate during the month of Ramadan.
"Each of us is an integral part of our country and, in most cases, we are defined by what our country represents.
"We must therefore be ready to defend these virtues to help ensure that our nation achieves the desired progress, which will then enable us, as citizens, to realize our hopes and aspirations," he said. warned.
The president also urged the Muslim community to reject extremists among them and to live in peace with people of other religions.
He stated that he was convinced that the visit of the National Chief of Imam to Christ the King Catholic Church of Accra as a gesture of solidarity should be duly celebrated "because it is rarely produced elsewhere. "
"Today, we are the envy of the world when it comes to the peaceful coexistence of the different religious communities.We can not sacrifice this beautiful way of life for whatever it is either, and certainly not for people who seek to pervert religious beliefs.
"I urge all of you not to let provocative agents destroy our unique way of life," he said.
President Akufo-Addo felt that, even though there had been threats and attacks against Christian and Muslim villains in the West African region and in Africa, there was no reason to believe that there were any threats. other parts of the world, "we never want this phenomenon to happen in our country".
Although the world of security agencies is committed to ensuring the security of the nation and its citizens, it urged that suspicious characters be reported to the police for prompt and decisive action.
"I encourage you to report suspicious characters who come to your community to take advantage of our world-renowned hospitality to free the chaos of our country from the police.
"Be restrained also in the face of provocation, because the lack of restraint would only integrate into the destructive plans of those villains who seek to destroy in the name of religion," he said at the same time. # 39; s meeting.
President Akufo-Addo badured that his government would ensure that prosperity affects more than four million people living in the 1800 communities of Zongo across the country.
To this end, he announced that the Minister of Finance has signed a launching mandate against the Ministry of Inner Cities and Zongo Development allowing him to incur expenses for the communities of Zongo from Zongo Development Fund, as provided for in the 2019 budget.
This development would help solve the many problems that were causing problems for the Zongo communities, including water and sanitation, as well as the rehabilitation of school buildings, the construction of new buildings, the provision of offices for Islamic schools. and the rehabilitation of tertiary drains, among others.
Source: GNA
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