Ghana’s president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged the country’s population to reject religiously discriminatory speech and to embrace togetherness and religious peace.
In remarks to Kyebi chiefs, imams, and citizens before of the general elections on December 7, the president denounced accusations of religious discrimination, including calls for Christians to abstain from voting for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), on the grounds that he is Muslim.
“A pastor has said that Christians should not vote for Bawumia because he is a Muslim. Are Muslims not human beings?” President Akufo-Addo asked.
“Ghana is a religiously tolerant country, and we have coexisted peacefully for generations.”
The President emphasized the need to promote harmony and unity, stressing that religious conflict and strife had no place in Ghana.
In order to maintain Ghana’s standing as a leader in religious tolerance, President Akufo-Addo called on all Ghanaians to accept one another despite differences in religion or ethnicity.
“We don’t want religious conflict and strife in Ghana. We want religious harmony,” he declared. “Those who seek to sow division along religious, ethnic, and tribal lines are nation-wreckers. Ghana needs people who promote unity and peace, not division.” he added.
Source: newsthemegh.com