Veep Calls For Closer Co-Existence Among Religious Faiths

The Vice President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur has underscored government’s determination to create a harmonious environment between Christians and Muslims alike.

He said Ghana takes a queue from countries like Turkey where both faiths have come together to build the country both socially and economically.

Vice President Amissah-Arthur was speaking at the Flagstaff House when a Turkish delegation led by Professor Hassan Kamel Yilmaz, Deputy President of Religious Affairs as well as the National Chief Iman and his delegation called on him on Friday.

The delegation is in the country to launch the National Mosque Project being constructed with support from the Turkish Government at Kanda in Accra. The project, when completed will house an edifice consisting of a school complex, residence for the Chief Imam, a mosque to accommodate 10,000 people amongst others.

The land which was donated for the project was donated by Government of Ghana to the Muslim community in 1995, in replacement of the mosque demolished for the construction of current Rawlings Park in Accra.

The Vice President Amissah-Arthur expressed satisfaction at the state of the project under the assistance of the Turkish group and state. He assured government’s commitment to deepening the relations with Turkey in all spheres, especially with respect to the various bilateral agreements between the two countries.

He said Ghana is reaping economic benefits from Turkey which he said is evidenced in the establishement of forty-two (42) registered Turkish projects by the Ghana Investment Promotion Council and the volumes of trade between both countries.