The Member of Parliament (MP) in the Fanteakwa South Constituency,Hon. Duke Ofori Atta, has donated food items to Muslims in the constituency, as they fast to mark the holy Ramadan month of fasting to show good faith and to appreciate the holy month of Ramadan which is very significant in the Muslim calendar and as the MP for the constituency on a remarkable or significant occasion and deem it right to rise to strengthen the relationship he have with the Muslim communities.
Presenting the items, the MP Hon. Duke Ofori Atta said the gesture formed part of his annual donations to support Muslim communities towards their yearly feast and was presented to Fanteakwa South Zongo Chief on behalf of the constituency in a short ceremony.
Hon. Duke Ofori Atta, said the gesture was in support Muslim who have been embarking on fasting for about a month and believed it’s essential that he show love and compassion to their Muslim neighbours and acknowledged the importance of the Ramadan fasting and its significance to peace and development.
He admonish them to exhibit the true nature of Islam in order to live harmoniously with each other and asked Muslims in the constituent to pray for peace and stability of the Nation and the leaders at all levels, so they can give off their best for the people, whiles urged the Muslim youth to be tolerant to each other and observe the period as such by emulating and following the teachings of the Imams whiles appealed to the Muslim communities to train the youth to channel their energies into community development activities.
In Furtherance, he seized the opportunity to thanked the constituancy for voting for him into power especially the Muslims community and assured the Fanteakwa South constituency of doing his best even though his party is not in power but he will use his lobbying skills to lobby for development.
He prayed for peace and unity among the populace towards working together to address challenges in the constituency’s uplift.
Receiving the items behalf of all the beneficiary’s was Fanteakwa South Zongo Chief, Sariki Zakaria Mohammed,expressed grateful for the gesture and believe it will go a long way to help them in the period and also some leaders from various mosques also expressed their excitement and appreciation to the MP for his numerous contributions towards Muslims in the constituancy and pledged their continuous prayers towards the peace and development of the Constituency and by extension, the Nation.
story by Janet Kwaakye
