A renowned Moslem Scholar, Professor Emeritus Lukeman MOHAMMED has described as very insulting and denigration of Muslims and others who live in Zongos, the promise to Develop a Zongo Development to raise the image of such communities.
Professor MOHAMMED, a senior Lecturer at the City University of New York said politicians should seize looking down on the intelligence of people of northern origin who live in such deprived communities with vague promises.
He was contributing to a forum during Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah's encounter with Professionals.
The Professor who sounded very emotional elaborated; "I find this statement very discriminatory. I find this statement as being called special. Let us treat Zongo people just as we do to all Ghanaians. That Zongo Development Fund in our sense is not doable. I heard some lies over there but please let us not treat Zongo people that way"
Professor MOHAMMED did not mention any political party but he was obviously reacting to a promise by the New Patriotic Party NPP.
GHANA'S largest opposition party has been parading series of promises to the Zongo community particularly, referring to the choice of Dr Mahamadu Bawumia as running mate as a key example of its commitment.
But Professor believes Dr Bawumia a Muslim has failed to protect the dignity of Muslims by speaking against the import of Nana ADDO's campaign team.
The NPP and the NDC have been debating each other over policies and previous actions by their governments to promote the interest of Muslims and Zongo communities by extension.
Many aged Muslims whose parents were chased out of the country when Nana Akufo ADDO's father, briefly acted as GHANA'S President.
The pain, loss and bitterness is still vivid in their minds and have vowed to vote against the Danquah Dombo Busua tradition.
The NDC which is exploiting it however insists its governments have demonstrated real commitment.
President John MAHAMA's government has built what for now is the only Islamic College of Education in West Africa at Wenchi which will help Train Islamic teachers in Arabic .
The NDC saw creation of the Islamic Education Unit. The NDC government under Jerry Rawlings passed a law creating two holidays to commemorate holy days on the Islamic calendar.
The NDC has promised to pass a policy that will make Arabic examinable in schools which offer them
The NDC, which has never elected a Moslem as a Vice Presidential candidate or candidate is also in record for creating the three regions of the north which opened up development in the area.
Professor MOHAMMED's strong objection amplifies the position of the silent majority who have read in between the lines.
Zongos are areas populated predominantly by settlers from Northern sahel areas.
Many of the settlers there are few who remained and grouped in those deprived areas to resettle after their parents properties were seized under the Aliens Compliance Order.
Critics of the NPP promise have asked few questions the party has avoided.
Does it mean that the zongos will be developed separately from the district where they settled?
Will it be resourced through the consolidated fund?
Does it mean that, projects in those districts will not be extended to the zongos because they would already have their developmental programs ?
Is the NPP by this telling us that the members of the zongos doesn't deserve to be among others, so creating a different " world" for them ?
Would the NPP create funds for Ewe settlers in the Ashanti region too?
Source: The Republic Newspaper
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Election gimmicks,prof how have you help those of us from the north.We hear you but we shall vote out Mahama because he help in ***barred word*** SADA money,Gyeda money and a whole lot of policies which could have help to uplift those of us from the north.you can not continue to use and dump us and when is elections you come back with old tricks spear headed by the president Mahama,Aseidu Nkathia,Julius Debrah,Kwamena Awoi.This was started by suhini Alhassan of radio gold who is contesting a seat when he met students in the northern region.I want to know from the selfish prof,when Mahama introduced the looted SADA program was he trying to.discriminate against a section of the county.
The republic paper is for Koku Anyidoho so what good thing do you expect. They are desperate and nothing is saving them. NDC was giving 8 years to take care of Ghana and all they could do was to change and transform their lives,living the rest of the people to suffer to die,they've left the country with debts,they've collapsed every social intervention meant to help the people and now it's time to account to the people and they think they can use their old trick of divide and rule but it will not work. Shame on you Koku Anyidoho ,Shame on you desperate and confused ndc,shame on you frustrated ndc. Good name is better than riches and thousand years is a day in the eyes of God you thought 8 years will never come,you are now in a panic mode,talking sh*t nothing right is coming from your mouth and you making the electorates who are mostly the youth angry the more because what you say will not give them jobs, it will not shape their future but get them upset the more. SHAME ON YOU.
we heared these same kind of story when NPP proposes northern development fund in 2008,and after you and your cronies set up SADA and chop the money.we again heared you conderming NPP building of hostel and training centers in 2012 for head potters and again you condermed it that it is derogatory but what do we see in 2016? We see Mahama sharing head pans to head potters to encourage them to go on being head potters.2016 elections is here again someone is proposing a brilliant ideal and instead of you coming up with an alternative you are there conderming it.let me tell you we the youth are not phuuls and you people and your surrogate can't continue to use us and dump us.What have you and the president who is from the north done to uplift us from the abject poverty that keeps on hitting us.come and see how poverty has rendered us in the north.elections is here and you have seen the need to come back home to coerce us to vote for your you and your surrogate so that you continue to use us. most of us are wise up this time round and we shall help to vote out this trickish corrupt president even though he is from the north.
I have carefully read all the comments on this platform and I am so so disheartened. Children of God insulting an elderly like this, Subhaanallah,Astaghfirullah.we departing from heaven because of politics.what would they do for you? All those who commented are oppositions,please,think about the judgement day, what will you tell your creator. Am a Muslim and I feel sad when I read unguarded comments like this. Pls don't get me wrong,pray for forgiveness and feel sorry for what you wrote. WASALAAM
Prof. Emeritus paaa nii, anyway,pls I've a question for u. Why did u accept to be educated under the northern free education policy by Nkrumah? Why did't u edge we northners to reject SADA(the create n loot programme after the demise of prof. Mills)? Becos there's nothing similar in the south for our southern brethren. This is the first time I'm hearing a prof. who doesn't want development in a deprived area. Eii! wonders will never end oooo. So u are prof. paaa? So with all your education u still think tribal and shallow? You're a shame to us as northerners. You're the kind of people among us who make people insult us. We northners will still vote for Nana Addo & NPP Shame unto u,Mr. Prof.
I am a Ghanaian, a Muslim and a proud one like that. I'm old enough and I can tell you for sure no Muslim was chased out because he is a Muslim. No northerner was chased out because northerner are Ghanaians. What happened was that foreigners was asked to leave. And I can tell you that white people, Europeans and American doctors and engineers left under this order. And before this order there were Zongos. It is not true that Zongos were created after this order. This happened not long ago please ask any grown up people in the Zongos and they will tell you that Zongos were there before Busia became prim minister of Ghana who later brought that order. This is all NDC propaganda. Asiedu Nketia mosquito was saying this same thing on Asempa Ekosisen with Kaba today. In fact I will not be surprise if he is the one who wrote this story. Because this whole story is not true. Nigerians chased Ghanaians out and no any true Nigerian is blaming their Government for that. True Ghanaians should wake up and stop this NDC ***barred word***. At any election time they try to divide Ghanaians. This is nothing but divide and rule tactics. Ghanaians wake up and shine your eyes.
You ***barred word*** leaving in New York how many times have you come home to help your people? How do you see Nzongo development since you been in Ghana
Is this an Emeritus professor speaking?, has he been the Special Brew in Mahama's infamous flask?. I beg make i think.
You make politics in Africa becomes ***barred word*** if indeed this professor know nothing talks this way why wouldn't Donald Trump insults us this completely f000000lishness
OYIWA PROF. BASHING BE WHAT! YOU HAVE BITTEN MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW. YOU WANT THE ZONGOS TO REMAIN POOR SO THAT THEY CAN ALWAYS BE AT YOUR BECK AND CALL TO SAY, YES SIR YES SIR. CHANGE IS COMING LIKE KAKAI.