MORTUARIES IN ZONGO IS A MISPLACED PRIORITY - NPP NASARA WING.

 NATIONAL NASARA WING

N.P.P HEADQUARTERS

ASYLUM – DOWN ACCRA

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PRESS STATEMENT

22 Septermber, 2020.

THE PROMISE BY THE NDC TO BUILD MORE MORTUARIES IN 

ZONGOS IS A MISPLACED PRIORITY.

Assalamu alaykum,

The attention of the Nasara wing of the New Patriotic Party was drawn 

to online publications carried by various Media houses with the 

headline “ 2020 Elections, Mahama promises more Mortuaries for 

Zongo Communities”. Also, there is a short video that captured former 

president John Dramani Mahama granting an interview on Woezor TV 

which seeks to justify the promise of building more mortuaries in 

Zongo Communities. 

We find this promise very absurd and an insult to the people of 

Zongo across the country. It is a fact that the NDC has never made 

any Manifesto promise to the people of Zongo aside the repeated lies 

that the NPP will deport them when they win political power. 

The Presidency of Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo rather gave more 

recognition and attention to the numerous challenges affecting the 

Zongo Communities.

According to Islamic traditions, the moment someone dies whether in 

the hospital or home. Steps are hurriedly initiated to prepare the body 

for burial which includes grave digging and bathing the corpse known 

as Janaza. Muslims do not preserve their dead bodies to be buried at 

a later date. So what is the essence of building mortuaries 

in Zongos?. This clearly shows that the much-touted people's 

manifesto is nothing but a ruse meant to deceive the people of Zongo.

This manifesto contains ideas that are archaic and doesn’t address the 

immediate concerns of Muslims.

The various Zongo communities are densely populated, hence finding 

a plot of land for any developmental project is a very serious 

challenge. There is tremendous pressure on the already 

existing schools, hospitals, roads, water, electricity e.t.c. The NDC 

ignored all these human-centered life-threatening challenges and 

rather prefers to build more mortuaries for the safekeeping of dead 

bodies in our Muslim communities. The NDC has proven to be empty 

when it comes to preferring alternative innovative solutions in tackling 

the challenges of Muslims in the country.

It's imperative to note that, whilst the NPP has sent 40 Muslims to 

Cuba to study medicine, allocates GH₵ 10 Million as a seed fund to 

support businesses in Zongo communities, the building of schools, the 

promise to build 16 (Sixteen) model SHS’s in selected Zongo 

Communities, ICT centers, construction of Astro turfs for the 

development of sports in Zongos, construction of mechanized 

boreholes to reduce water challenges, construction of ultra-modern 

toilet facilities in our Zongo communities. The NDC is promising to 

legalize the Okada Business which is a risky and life-loosing venture 

because many Muslims are involved in that trade. Interestingly, when 

the Zongo youths lose their lives in the Okada business, their bodies 

will be preserved in the John Mahama mortuaries. Such 

callousness and insensitive policies of the NDC targeted at 

our Zongos.

This again proves that the Zongo Youth must know that, they are just 

seen as a vote basket for the NDC and not partners in the 

development agenda of this country. So instead of consulting and 

engaging the Zongo people, they deliberated among themselves and 

came up with this very degrading policy initiative. 

The NPP having understood the needs and the recurring problems of 

the Zongos relative to the preparation of dead bodies for burial 

processes know that preservation is not one of them. It’s a fact that 

the bureaucracies in getting access to dead bodies in the various 

hospitals are the challenges associated with burials in Muslim communities and not building mortuaries. We have promised to 

ensure the following ;

1. Streamline the process and facilitate easy access to Muslim dead 

bodies in all hospitals across the country.

2. Designate a special place in all Mortuaries for the bathing and 

preparation of Muslim dead bodies for burial processes. This will 

be done in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service to ensure 

compliance.

The Nana Akufo-Addo led Government focuses on developing the 

human resources of the Youth in the Zongo Communities through the 

pro-poor policies such as the Free SHS, NABCO, Planting for Food and 

Jobs, the over two (2) jobs created in all sectors of the economy, 

stabilization of the Ghanaian economy, etc.

This Government has performed better for Ghanaians and the people 

of Zongos and this justifies the 4 (four) more to do more for the people 

of Zongo and Ghanaians.

Thanks 

Wa Alaykum Salaam

…….Signed………

Abdul-Aziz HarunaFuta

National Nasara Corrdinator.

 

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