President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged the Muslim community to take the education of girl child very seriously in his Eid Al Adha message.

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“I cannot end my statement without urging the education of the Muslim girl or woman. We must take the education of the girl child seriously” he said, adding that “we shall be perpetuating, ignorance, poverty, and disease if the trainers of generations of Ghanaians remain uneducated.”

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Touching on his flagship free Senior High School programme, president Akufo-Addo urged the Muslims community to embrace the policy.

"The prophet Mohammed is reported to have said that ‘knowledge is the last property of the believer, let him or her find it wherever he or she will.’ I believe the Muslim should embrace this policy because it allows the fulfilment of prophetic admonishment,” he said.

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“We are in a better place to practice our religion if we are educated. The free Senior High School policy eliminates one of the major barriers to seeking secondary education; poverty. It is my fervent belief that it is an educated population that can accelerate the development of our country."