Community leaders asked to stop engaging the youth in
conflicts
WA, Oct. 5, Ghanadot/GNA – Naa
Seidu Braimah, a Member of the Council of State, has
appealed to leaders of communities where conflicts are rife
to stop misdirecting the youth towards acts of destruction
and chaos.
He said the progress of the nation was being drawn back by
allowing young people to engage in atrocities that the
government eventually had to resolve through the use of
meagre resources.
Naa Braimah said this at the 26th annual national rally of
the Ahmadiyya Muslim Elders’ Organization at Wa at the
weekend that was held under the theme: “peace and
reconciliation an imperative for national development”
The three-day rally attracted adult adherents of the faith
from all regions of the country and took the form of prayer
sessions, recitation and translation of Arabic poems and
verses from the Holy Koran, speeches and sermons by eminent
Ahmadiyya Muslim scholars.
Naa Braimah appealed to Muslim leaders and elders to assist
the authorities in resolving chieftaincy and land disputes
that are threatening to tear several communities and in some
cases families apart.
Maulvi Wahab Adam, the Ameer and Head of the Ahmadiyya
Muslim Mission in Ghana, urged Ghanaians to be tolerant and
show mutual respect despite their ethnic, religious
diversity and political differences.
Ghana, he said, was fortunate to have many civil society
organizations and religious bodies that are working towards
building peace and fostering reconciliation among sections
of the society.
Mr. Mahmud Khalid, the Upper west Regional Minister,
commended the Ahmadiyya community for its interventions in
the education and health sectors and that it was a
demonstration of their commitment to develop the people both
materially and spiritually.
GNA
