ANOTHER landmark event on the Muslim calendar was observed throughout the country yesterday.
Dubbed, “Eid-ul-Adha” which is also described as the Festival of Sacrifice, the occasion marked an important religious rite which is celebrated worldwide by Muslims to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ismail as an act of obedience to God, before God intervened to provide him with a ram to sacrifice instead.
It is one of the two great Muslim festivals which is celebrated on the 10th day of the Islamic month of Dul-Hijja and two months after the Eid-ul-Fitr which is observed as a thanksgiving to Almighty Allah for a successful end of Ramadan.
To commemorate the day, Muslims throughout the country, said special prayers to seek Allah’s blessing for the nation’s progress after which a ram was slaughtered to commemorate the great sacrifice of Abraham.
Addressing the Muslims at the Independence Square in Accra, President John Evans Atta Mills, appealed to Ghanaians to sacrifice a little more for the progress of mother Ghana.
He said as the nation strives for rapid socio-economic growth, it would take the sacrifices of the present generation to build a much better Ghana.
The President urged Ghanaians to look within themselves and find an answer to the question as to what sacrifices can be made to build a better Ghana.
Indeed, the President has thrown a challenge to Ghanaians who are looking for drastic transformation of the economy to alleviate difficulties.
The country’s economy has witnessed a major turbulence and therefore, there is the need for Ghanaians to exercise a little amount of patience while efforts are made to right the wrongs.
While Ghanaians are calling on government to accelerate the pace of development, they are enjoined to stop all negative practices that are derailing the course of progress.
It is a fact that corruption has permeated the fabric of the society and this is affecting the psyche of the nation.
The development agenda which the government is pursuing will come to naught if Ghanaians are not prepared to change their attitudes to issues affecting the nation’s growth.
Rome was not built in a day and, therefore, it behoves Ghanaians to sacrifice today for a better tomorrow.
Dubbed, “Eid-ul-Adha” which is also described as the Festival of Sacrifice, the occasion marked an important religious rite which is celebrated worldwide by Muslims to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ismail as an act of obedience to God, before God intervened to provide him with a ram to sacrifice instead.
It is one of the two great Muslim festivals which is celebrated on the 10th day of the Islamic month of Dul-Hijja and two months after the Eid-ul-Fitr which is observed as a thanksgiving to Almighty Allah for a successful end of Ramadan.
To commemorate the day, Muslims throughout the country, said special prayers to seek Allah’s blessing for the nation’s progress after which a ram was slaughtered to commemorate the great sacrifice of Abraham.
Addressing the Muslims at the Independence Square in Accra, President John Evans Atta Mills, appealed to Ghanaians to sacrifice a little more for the progress of mother Ghana.
He said as the nation strives for rapid socio-economic growth, it would take the sacrifices of the present generation to build a much better Ghana.
The President urged Ghanaians to look within themselves and find an answer to the question as to what sacrifices can be made to build a better Ghana.
Indeed, the President has thrown a challenge to Ghanaians who are looking for drastic transformation of the economy to alleviate difficulties.
The country’s economy has witnessed a major turbulence and therefore, there is the need for Ghanaians to exercise a little amount of patience while efforts are made to right the wrongs.
While Ghanaians are calling on government to accelerate the pace of development, they are enjoined to stop all negative practices that are derailing the course of progress.
It is a fact that corruption has permeated the fabric of the society and this is affecting the psyche of the nation.
The development agenda which the government is pursuing will come to naught if Ghanaians are not prepared to change their attitudes to issues affecting the nation’s growth.
Rome was not built in a day and, therefore, it behoves Ghanaians to sacrifice today for a better tomorrow.
