The Flagbearer of the largest Opposition Party National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama has blasted Dr. Bawumia for making fun of proposals by Imams to establish mortuaries in Zongos.
He said Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia who is a Muslim should have known better the relevance
A manifesto promise by the NDC to facilitate the establishment of mortuaries by Islamic custom and practices and collaborate with the Ministry of Health to set up focal teams responsible for procedures that are compliant with Islamic custom and practice at all public mortuaries for dignifying burial of Muslims have received a backlash particularly from members of the ruling New Patriotic Party.
Addressing gatherings at a rally at Donkorkrom in the Afram Plains North Constituency Sunday the last day of John Mahama campaign tour in the Eastern Region, he stated that “recently, some people were making a mockery that we said One Zongo One Mortuary. What they don’t know is that the Imams in Zongos tabled it before us that they were not happy about how bodies of Muslims are handled before burial because it violates the dictates of the Islamic religion. Sometimes, you see a Muslim woman in a morgue lying naked in between other corpses. They said they need morgues in Zongos to enable them to prepare their bodies in a dignified manner for burial. We saw it as laudable therefore fixed it in our manifesto”
Mr. Mahama added “so I’m surprised that our Brother [Bawumia] who is a Muslim and knows the importance of this facility to Muslims is rather making a mockery of it saying ‘one Zongo one Mortuary’. This is not fun. Every religion has its faith and how it is practiced. So if the Muslims feel that they need it, it is only important that we support them. It is not a matter that people should make fun of”
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
