According to him, that will help address challenges such as poverty and disease in their communities.

[contextly_sidebar id=”dZo2pjjo0otT8bxnrW5FwLaUEUHQRc66″]President Akufo-Addo made the comment in his speech at the national celebration of this year’s Eid-ul Adha at the Independence Square in Accra.

He said Muslim parents must take girl child education “seriously”.

“I cannot end my statement without urging the education of the Muslim girl or woman. We must take the education of the girl child seriously” he said, adding that “we shall be perpetuating, ignorance, poverty, and disease if the trainers of generations of Ghanaians remain uneducated.”

While urging the Muslim community to embrace the government’s Free Senior High School education program, Akufo-Addo explained that Ghanaians will be in a better place to practice their religion if educated.

“…The prophet Mohammed is reported to have said that ‘knowledge is the last property of the believer, let him or her find it wherever he or she will.’ I believe the Muslim should embrace this policy because it allows the fulfillment of prophetic admonishment.”

“We are in a better place to practice our religion if we are educated. The free Senior High School policy eliminates one of the major barriers to seeking secondary education; poverty. It is my fervent belief that it is an educated population that can accelerate the development of our country,” he said.

He also said the free SHS policy will help parents who hitherto could not afford school fees due to poverty to enroll their wards.

The Free SHS programme, scheduled to start in September 2017, will ensure that government absorbs the full cost of public secondary education.

Under the free SHS policy, beneficiaries will not have to pay admission fees, library fees, science centre fees, computer lab fees, examination fees and utility fees, according to the government.

The free SHS policy will also cover agricultural, vocational and technical institutions at the secondary school level.

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The holiday is to enable the celebration of the Eid ul-Adha.

A statement signed by the sector minister, Ambrose Dery entreated the public to observe the holiday throughout the country.

The Eid ul-Adha is an Islamic religious festival to mark the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to follow Allah’s command to sacrifice his son Ishmael.

The day is celebrated by Muslims all over the world and is characterized by the slaughtering especially sheep and cow,and offering of Eid prayers.

Other sacrifice buffalos and sheep to make the day.

The celebration is also known as the Festival of Sacrifice.

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The president was accompanied by the Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije.

The ceremony commemorates Prophet Ibraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God’s command and also marks the end of Hajj, which is the sacred pilgrimage to Mecca.

President John Mahama at the event expressed regret over the challenges associated with the organization of this year’s Hajj.

Speaking at the Eid-ul-Adha prayers; President Mahama announced measures government has put in place to prevent a recurrence of such challenges associated with Hajj.

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It commemorates Prophet Ibrahim’s (Abraham) willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God’s command and also marks the end of Hajj, which is the sacred pilgrimage to Mecca.

The National Chief Imam’s spokesperson Sheikh Aremeyaw Shaibu told Citi News the celebrations will be dedicated to promoting peace ahead of the elections.

[contextly_sidebar id=”HCD6yIY5AUBxZrBKCiGukeFedfXD7uF5″]He explained that this year’s celebration in Ghana is special because it falls within an election year.

“For this year in Ghana in particular, it’s going to be special because it occurs just in a period close to our election so there are a number of things which will come central to this year’s celebration. So peace is going to be one of the key elements that will reverberate in the various sermons that will be delivered across the country.”

He said though “Chief Imam though he is now in the holy land of Saudi Arabia his representative will lead a prayer at the Independence Square.”

“We want to use the occasion to tell all Muslims of the country particularly the youth who occasionally have been reduced to tools or agents of violence, we want to call particularly the Muslim youth that they should now focus on their God given duty to be the agents of peace in the world,” he added.

About Eid ul-Adha

Eid al-Adha is also called the “Sacrifice Feast” or “Bakr-Eid” and itis the second of two Muslim holidays celebrated worldwide each year, and considered the holier of the two.

It honors the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son, as an act of submission to God’s command, before God then intervened sending his angel Jibra’il (Gabriel) and informs him that his sacrifice has already been accepted. The meat from the sacrificed animal is preferred to be divided into three parts.

The family retains one third of the share; another third is given to relatives, friends and neighbors; and the remaining third is given to the poor and needy.

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