Ghana must be inspired by Nigerian activism experiences – Mission

General News of Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Source: ghananewsagency.org

2019-04-24

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, Ghana, called on citizens to do their utmost to ensure that the national discourse and the efforts of the government are successful in order to prohibit militancy in all its forms.

"The greatest contemporary challenge to maintaining peace and stability in Ghana is vigilance," said Maulvi Alhaji Noor Mohammed Bin Salih, Mission Manager and mission missionary.

"We should all be deeply involved in finding a lasting solution to this threat because we are sitting on a time bomb that could explode into something nasty if we do not care," he said. he declares.

Addressing the closing session of the 25th Annual National Ramadan Conference in Kumasi, Ameer drew attention to what had happened to some of the neighbors of the West African nation, the Nigeria, where vigilantism had been transformed into full-fledged terrorist activities.

"It is important that we do not allow some selfish people in society to defend their own parochial interests, to the detriment of the safety and security of the people," he said.

Maulvi Alhaji Mohammed Bin Salih, who spoke on "The phenomenon of vigilance and its threat in Ghana's politics," asked political leaders to flee hypocrisy and make a clear judgment on the issues. vigilantism, partly because of their predominance. the society.

Discussions on vigilantism have recently made the Ghanaian political landscape known when the government took steps to ban such activities by presenting an anti-vigilance bill to Parliament.

The bill, tabled in Parliament on Thursday, April 11, 2019, seeks to dissolve groups of militias affiliated with political parties, once adopted.

When the bill is pbaded, acts of vigilance and related offenses will be criminalized, making it dangerous for young people to form such groups to obtain the seal of political parties.

The United Nations (UN) has offered to help Ghana to breed the canker by supporting ongoing national efforts led by the National Peace Council to tackle the global phenomenon in a comprehensive way. .

Ghana, the first country to gain independence in Sub-Saharan Africa in 1957, has distinguished itself over the years for its peaceful coexistence, unity and political stability.

This has been a sign of hope for most African countries with regard to the democratic dispensation.

In a speech read on his behalf, Sheikh Nuhu Sharabutu, Sheikh Al Sheikh Sheikh, said that the enviable political powers of the nation were threatened by vigilantism.

He warned Muslim youth to stay away from activities that tend to throw the nation into turmoil.

The theme of this year's Ramadan conference was "25 years of strengthening national unity through fasting – the role of the Muslim Ummah".

It was organized under the auspices of the Imam National Chief Office and the Zongo and Ulama Council of Chiefs, bringing together religious leaders from across the country to pray and reflect on issues related to the development and growth of the community. nation.