By: Rahmatu Mahmud Jawando
The wife of the Vice President Hajia Samira Bawumia has asked Muslims to live by tenets of the holy Quran.
Speaking at the annual Ramadan Quran recitation at Nima in Accra, Hajia Samira said Muslims should not only read the holy book but practice what it teaches.
Ramadan is one of the most important pillars of Islam because it was during that period that the holy Quran was revealed to Prophet Muhammad. As part of efforts to help Muslim women grow their faith in Islam the Office of the wife of the Vice President in collaboration with the Zango women for NPP organizes Quran recitation in moslem communities.
The event is in its fifth year and is opened to all Moslem women irrespective of their political affiliation.
At this year’s event some women clerics drawn from Kasoa, Nsawam, Madina, Ashaley Botwe participated.
Speaking at the function, the chairman of the zango development fund and chairman of the Hajj Board Alhaji Ben Abdallah Banda said the NPP Government is poised in bringing development to Zango communities across the country.
The wife of the Vice President Hajia Samira Bawumia entreated Moslem women to dedicate some of their time to reading the Quran. She called for unity among Muslims for the development of the country.
Some food items worth millions of Cedis were donated to women groups in the Zango’s to support them during the month of fasting.
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