MUSLIM MEN URGED TO STOP ABUSING THEIR WIVES

Muslim men have been advised to desist from abusing their wives, stating that, hundreds of Muslim women and children are mostly affected by the act of abuse in marriages in Ghana according to a Police report in the Shai Osudoku District.

This was revealed during a festival held at Shai Osudoku in the Greater Accra Region. Speaking at the event which was under the theme, ''Festival of Sacrifice'' Dagomba Chief who doubles as the Zongo Chief of Ashaley Botwe in the Grater Accra Region, Alhaji Yakubu Moli Abdul Kadir, lauded the continuous unity between the Dangme and Muslim in the community and other faiths in the District and called on all to continue to live in harmony.

Alhaji Alhassan Latif Lugsana, Dagomba Chief of Shai Osudoku, also called on benevolent indiviuals and orgnisations to come on board and assist the community improve on some of the infrastructure and other facilities which are in very deplorable state in Shai Osuduku and its environs.

The Chief also used the occasion to draw attention of the authorities to the plight of the Zongo communites and called on all and sundry to lend a hand of support to address their challenges.




The Shai Osudoku District Police Commander speaking at the event called on the public to eschew acts of defilement which is on the rise in the District as well as cases of child marriages.



The special guest, Nene Tei Djahene Korabo lV, the acting chairman of Shai Traditional Council and Divional Chief of Manya urged all Muslims, no matter their financial status to desist from abusing their wives and children, adding that, the act of betrothing young girls and forcing them into marriages is not the best.

The chariman of the programme, Lawyer Dr. Ebenezer Djagbletey, Oprations Director of Ghana foresty commission admonished the Mulsim community to embrace and respect each other's view to foster inclusiveness and acceptability in the society.

He urged the youth to desist from tarnishing the image of the Islamic religion by way of negative acts.

credit: Nenebi David