The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has congratulated Muslim students for their immense contribution towards the peace and progress of this country.

In a press release issued by the President and copied to Ghanaweb, Tinkaro Asare Osei said NUGS “greatly appreciate the exemplary character of the Ghanaian Muslim in the face of undeserved hostility which seems to be fashionable in some countries”.

He further advocated for the need to have greater investments in Islamic and Arabic educational centres across the country to help disseminate true Islamic teachings to the Muslim youth in order not to fall prey to extremists.

Read below their full statement

The National Union of Ghana Students on this day wishes to extend our profound congratulations, greetings and best wishes to our fellow students, particularly our Muslims brothers and sisters as today marks the culmination of the holy month of Ramadan. We join the hundreds of millions of believers worldwide in celebration for the blessed conclusion of Ramadan.

On this day NUGS commends and lauds Ghanaian Muslims for their immense contribution to peace and progress.

In the current global trend of Islamophobia where people label Muslims as extremists, it is easier to feel irritated or dejected.

However, we greatly appreciate the exemplary character of the Ghanaian Muslim in the face of undeserved hostility which seems to be fashionable in some countries.

Together with the National Chief Imam His Eminence Osman Nuhu Sharubutu and the entire Muslim Ummah we thank Allah for successfully concluding the Ramadan fast for the year AH 1440.

Even as we celebrate this holiday in our Masjids and homes, we ask that may the peace of Allah and a spirit to submit to His Will dwell within us.

We would like to use this opportunity to encourage greater investments into Islamic and Arabic education centres across Ghana. We encourage stakeholders of education in Ghana to cooperate on a greater level with Islamic Scholars in disseminating true Islamic teachings at these centers. We believe these centres are the means upon which Islamic knowledge and values can be imparted and not through alien teachings and interpretations.

May we grow stronger as brethren and achieve greater things as one people under God.

We wish you and your families Eid Mubarak.

Signed

Kobby Otchere Marfo
Press & Information Secretary
0240852651
_pressandinfo@nugsonline.org.gh

Tinkaro Asare Osei
President