The decision, in the opinion of President Akufo-Addo, is a positive move that will significantly enhance ties between Muslims and the State and assure the peaceful coexistence of all Muslims in Ghana.
President Akufo-Addo has expressed great delight in the decision of all the Islamic sects in Ghana to unite under one corporate body to be known has the National Muslim Conference (NMC), describing the move as apt.
The decision according to President Akufo-Addo is a welcoming development that will go a long way to guarantee the peaceful co-existence of all Muslims in Ghana and improve relations between Muslims and the State.
Addressing a delegation of all Muslim sects in Ghana led by the Chief Imam, Shiekh Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, at the Jubilee House on Tuesday 4 October 2022, when they paid a courtesy call on him to formally announce the formation of the NMC, President Akufo-Addo, said the development is one that is worth emulating by other religious groupings in the country.
“It is extremely important what has happened here the [Jubilee House] today. The country is being told that all the key Muslim sects, Tijjaniya, Sunnī, Shīʿa, and Ahmadiyya, have all come together under one organization to represent the Muslim community, be its mouthpiece and to be its representative, and deal with the State and the government at all levels in this corporate form” President Akufo-Addo said.
“This is very happy news and I am very happy about what has happened here today. In the Christian community, there are three different organizations, there is the Catholic Conference, there is the Christian Council and there is the Charismatic and Pentecostal Council. They have not come under one grouping yet but you have, so, we have to congratulate you on being able to do that” the President added.