{"id":135573,"date":"2015-07-17T18:49:27","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T18:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=135573"},"modified":"2015-07-17T18:49:42","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T18:49:42","slug":"minister-to-muslims-do-not-prioritize-girls-education-over-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=135573","title":{"rendered":"Minister to Muslims: Do not prioritize girls education over boys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1437151484002_3364\" class=\"yiv5389262019MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1437151484002_3363\">Muslims in Ghana have been told not to prioritize girl child education over boys.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5389262019MsoNormal\">The Deputy Minister of Transport, Joyce Bawa Mogtari said this during a donation to the Ayawaso Muslim community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5389262019MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1437151484002_3363\"> She said it was important boys received equal access to education too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1437151484002_3418\" class=\"yiv5389262019MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1437151484002_3417\">According to her, the issue of girls access to education has been overly promoted to the detriment of the boy child. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1437151484002_3420\" class=\"yiv5389262019MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1437151484002_3419\">Bawa Mogtari was speaking to the Muslim community in Ayawaso Central Constituency in Accra when she donated some food items ahead of the Eid celebration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1437151484002_3422\" class=\"yiv5389262019MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1437151484002_3421\">She said President Mahama was working hard to promote quality education and urged the leaders to take full advantage of the President\u2019s efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1437151484002_3431\" class=\"yiv5389262019MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1437151484002_3430\">Bawa Mogtari also called on the Muslim leaders to teach tolerance and consolidate the the peace in country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1437151484002_3433\" class=\"yiv5389262019MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1437151484002_3432\">\u201cBe mindful of avoiding anything that endangers the peace&#8230;respect everybody\u2019s peace and tolerate each other\u201d, she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1437151484002_3435\" class=\"yiv5389262019MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1437151484002_3434\">The Deputy Minister presented 70 bags of rice, 50 cartons of cooking oil, 50 cartons of tomatoes and boxes of spaghetti.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1437151484002_3441\" class=\"yiv5389262019MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1437151484002_3442\">She used the opportunity to wish Muslims in Ghana \u201cthe best when we approach Eid\u201d and prayed Muslim youth will limit the involvement of motorbikes which almost always lead to loss of lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5389262019MsoNormal\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1437151484002_3437\" class=\"yiv5389262019MsoNormal\">By:Eugenia Tenkorang\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muslims in Ghana have been told not to prioritize girl child education over boys.\u00a0 The Deputy Minister of Transport, Joyce Bawa Mogtari said this during a donation to the Ayawaso Muslim community. She said it was important boys received equal access to education too. 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