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Educate
your children, Vice President urges Muslim parents
Kumasi, May
10, Ghanadot/GNA – The Vice President, Mr John
Dramani Mahama, has made a passionate appeal to
Muslim parents to consider the education of their
children as their priority.
He said education was the only way to eliminate
poverty and ignorance in the Upper West, Upper East
and Northern Regions (the three northern regions)
and other Zongo communities in the country.
Mr. Mahama made the appeal at separate meetings with
zongo chiefs and Muslim leaders in Old Tafo zongo,
Ayigya zongo and Asawase zongo all in Kumasi on
Sunday.
The Vice President visited the communities to thank
the leaders and the people for supporting the NDC in
Election 2008.
Mr. Mahama said government would revive the Islamic
Education Unit and do everything possible to improve
education in zongo communities and the three
northern regions.
He said the Youth in Agriculture programme, which
was going to be introduced by government, aimed at
generating employment for the youth and increasing
food production in order to reduce the importation
of basic food commodities into the country.
Mr. Mahama called for unity among all Ghanaians now
that the elections were over, to speed up
socio-economic development of the nation.
He said government was initiating adequate measures
to resuscitate the economy to be able to honour all
the promises made during the campaign period.
The Vice President said government was also working
hard to restructure the operations of the Hajj
Committee to prevent the problems associated with
the pilgrimage.
Mr Mahama advised all prospective pilgrims to
organise themselves early to enable the Committee
facilitate the processes to avoid disappointments.
He said government would ensure fair distribution of
the national cake and urged zongo communities to
support the administration to achieve its aim of
ensuring speedy development of the country.
GNA
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