We want a leader who can command respect – Ahmadiyya Muslim cleric disowns President tag on Bawumia

During the Centenary Anniversary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Ghana at Pomadze in the Central Region, Trade Minister Kobina Tahir Hammond stirred controversy by referring to Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as the future president of Ghana.

However, this statement has been met with disapproval from a Muslim cleric within the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.

Kobina Tahir Hammond, in his remarks, said, “The Vice President of Ghana, he (moderator) didn’t add the other necessary things. The president of Ghana for January 2025, Mr. Current Vice President, President to be.”

The Muslim cleric representing the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community promptly distanced the community from Hammond’s statement, emphasizing that they do not endorse or support it. He stressed that their desire is for a leader who will restore Ghana’s position and respect in the international community.

“We members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community completely and categorically disown the statement that Honourable K. T. Hammond has made,” the cleric stated. “Our desire is for that leader who will lead Ghana once more into its position in the committee of nations so that we can command that respect which Ghana is known for. That is the leader we are praying to Allah for.”

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, on his part, commended the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Ghana for its contributions to the development of the country over the past 100 years.

Speaking at the Centenary Anniversary of the Mission at Pomadze in the Central Region, Dr Bawumia acknowledged the Ahmadiyya Community’s efforts to Ghana’s development.

“From its establishement in the Gold Goast a century ago, the Ahmadiyya Mission, undoubtedly, has contributed significantly to the state of Islam in Ghana today,” Dr. Bawumia said.

 “The story of Islam in contemporary Ghana, especially the story of the continuous quest to propagate the true tenets of the religion, such as peace, equality, compassion, pursuit of knowledge and respect for all, cannot be fully told without the remarkable contributions of the Ahmadiyya Community.”

“One hundred years after setting out a noble revival mission, the revival that the  Ahmadiyya Mission Ghana aimed, has manifestations in the spheres of education, health, enhancement of social relations for the promotion of national peace, fostering   co-existence in our multi-cultural and multi-religious country, as well as engendering good governance.”

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