Ghana’s president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged the country’s citizens to reject religiously discriminatory rhetoric and to embrace unity and religious harmony.
The President denounced reports of religious discrimination, especially statements telling Christians not to vote for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), because he is Muslim, in remarks to chiefs, imams, and Kyebi residents ahead of the general elections on December 7.
“A pastor has said that Christians should not vote for Bawumia because he is a Muslim.
Are Muslims not human beings?” President Akufo-Addo questioned.
“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 have no place in Ghana.
“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.”
