MUSLIMS MARK EID-UL ADHA IN BECHEM

Muslimss in Bechem and its environs have said prayers to celebrate Eid-ul Adha in an impressive prayer session at the Bechem Islamic Primary School Park.

Leading the muslims in prayer, the Chief Imam, Alhaji Ibrahim Gariba said muslims celebrate Eid-UI-Adha to seek forgiveness from Allah and advised muslims youth to respect the elderly and avoid indulging themselves in politics of insults during the 2016 political campaign.

He said politicians fall on the youth especially muslims to use them in their campaigns and this at times tend to be violent which he said would not do us good as a people.

The Tano South District Chief, Hon Bukari  Zakari  Anaba in a speech welcomed all muslims gathered at the prayer session and wished them ‘’Barika da Sallah’’.

Hon. Anaba said the NDC government in its 2012 campaign promised the Nation that it would remove schools under trees and provide basic infrastructure for such schools. He said the government has been able to provide a number of school buildings in the Tano South District which includes the Bechem Islamic Primary School where they have gathered and advised muslims parents to send their children to school to enable them become future leaders.

Hon. Anaba said the government has declared a free SHS education for day students and called on all heads of Senior High Schools in the district to adhere to the government’s directive as soon as the programme is rolled on in the district.

Hon. Anaba informed the gathering that work has started on the tarring of the Bechem Town roads and entreated all and sundry to cooperate with the contractor to enable the work go on smoothly and said all unauthorised structures hampering the effective discharge of the work should be removed to give way for the smooth discharge of the project.

Hon. Anaba advised all to get actively involved in all National Sanitation Day exercises to be carried out in the District.