Addressing Moslems at the Independence Square in Accra Friday to mark the Eid-ul-Adha, President Mahama directed the Education Minister to ensure that the practice is stopped immediately.
“There have been some complains that Muslim students are compelled and forced to go to church and not to express their faith; it goes against the constitution of this country. And so any heads of institution who are doing this, I please appeal to them to refrain from any such practice.”
President Mahama said he has, therefore, asked the Ghana Education Service to send a circular to remind all institutions that “the constitution of Ghana does not allow anybody to force another one to express a faith other than what he expresses”.
The President also acknowledged that since Eid-ul-Adha is a time for forgiveness, Ghanaians must learn to forgive one another, “if somebody has wronged you this is the day to forgive him”.
The President also called for special prayers for former Vice President Aliu Mahama who is reportedly on admission at a hospital.
Spokesperson for the Muslim Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Baba Issah pledged the commitment of the Muslim community to ensuring peaceful elections in December.
He said he is confident the 2012 elections would pass without any mayhem, and has therefore implored Ghanaians not to be “unnecessarily negative” towards the polls.
For those who are still “doubtful and apprehensive”, they should take the promise by heads of the security agencies that enough personnel would be deplored to supervise the elections as “a welcome consolation enough to calm our nerves”.
source: joyonline
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