President John Dramani Mahama has promised to construct Islamic Morgue inline with the demands of the Muslims leaders who amongst their contribution to the NDC People’s Manifesto made the request but the unfortunate Muslims with the ruling NPP mock JDM for promising to make it happen.
Alhaji Mohammed Naziru, Communication officer for the NDC National Zango Caucus and Manifesto Spokesperson on Zango and Islamic Affairs charged Vice President of Ghana, Alhaji Dr. Mahamoudu Bawumia and all the Muslims with the NPP to rather support the construction of Islamic morgue.
In a statement issued in Accra, he opined that the propaganda by some NPP elements seeking to discredit H.E President John Dramani Mahama’s committment to build morgues in line with Islam practices and management for our Zangos was unfortunate.
Alhaji Nasiru explained that the promise by the NDC to build Islamic morgues for the Muslim and Zango communities was as a request from the Muslim leaderships during the consultations process for the ‘People’s Manifesto’.
The need for Muslim morgues have been a request and prayer of the Muslims to provide decent and dignifying last respect to the dead in accordance with Islamic teachings and practices, he stated.
He added saying with the turn of events when some members of the NPP are making mockery and discrediting the request of Muslims, it is very necessary that Vice President Dr Bawumia and Mustapha Hamid come out to declare their position on the provision of special morgues for Muslims since they are practicing moslems and they are mandated by Allah to speak and defend the TRUTH always if it is even against oneself.
He also argued that in strict adherence to Islamic procedure and principles of handling the dead body of Muslims, it is a requirement for women to handle the preparation of a female corpse while men handle that of males.
These the Muslims in the Zangos who unfortunately die in our hospital are being denied because people who handle such cases in our existing morgues are mostly not Muslims to carry out their duties to the satisfaction of the ordinary Zango persons, Alhaji Nasiru explained.
“We all agree that the COVID-19 has come with it new set of protocols termed as the “new normal” meaning, muslims who die through COVID-19 may not have the luxury of full customs and traditions required for a befitting burial, as such, there is the need to establish such morgues as promised by John Mahama to cope with changing trends”, he lamented.
“….aside, meeting the Islamic mandatory requirements to provide dignifying last respect to the dead, the morgues will provide additional Jobs to the Zango youth and Muslim health workers”, he argued further.
We in the Zangos are very grateful to H.E. President John Mahama for listening to our cry, we just hope and pray that the good people of Ghana will vote massively for the John&Jane ticket to achieve this and many other commitments like the establishment plastic factories in our Zangos to create jobs, scholarships up to tertiary for our Zango youth, 10b big push agenda among others, Alhaji Mohammed Nasiru prayed.
