Basiru Salifu writes: Let’s Shame the Politician in this year’s Election

My dear Zango friend, I hope this message finds you well, wherever you are. Its few days to  Ghana’s 2024 election. I hope every one of us has already made an informed choice to vote for his or her preferred candidate. It is our civil right for us citizens to vote and elect our leaders to spearhead  the affairs of the country in the next four years. We vote for them to provide us with policies that will make our life’s better and not worse. It was on this note,I’m encouraging my dear Zango friend to go out and vote peacefully. The Quran is not against voting, neither is the Quran saying Muslim should not vote, certainly NO. It’s very imperative to vote as Muslim for policies that will help and guide Islam to move forward or policies that favor the Muslim community.

A political violence quote by Folorunsho Ahmed Adekunle says, Vote not fight, the thumb speaks so loudly, then your violent voice in election time, of your thumb you ought to be proud. According to this poem, palpably telling us that the vote is by the use of thumb and not gun. If any politician asks you to snatch a ballot box, kindly ask them to engage their children first.

Dear my Zango friend, as you are all aware of the political violence across the country especially during 2020 election where eight innocent individuals lost their lives just because of an election, election supposed to be sharing of different ideas and opinions and not sharing of blood and tears. If you could also remember in Asawase and Ejura Zango all in the Ashanti region, people lost their dear life all in the name of politics. Let wise up and do the right to make Zango great again.

Dear my Zango friend, Zango cut across in all regions in Ghana with the densely populated areas in greater Accra and greater Kumasi, respectively. People see the Zangos as a community domiciled with violence anytime political issues come up. And most politicians use us for their political rebellion to win power, thinking Zango men are strong and with little money given to them, they cause violence. My dear Zango friends, let shame them in this year’s election.

The name of Zango is spreading day in and day out, because of how people see us to be a community full of violence and causing of mayhem. They breed us for violence, and mobilize us like soldiers of pharaoh, and armed us against yourselves, but enroll their silent family for a big job so loud! We should not allow politicians to build boundaries among us as Muslims.

I’m a brother, a friend and a father to you. let protect our sanctity, our heritage, our community for the future generation.so that if they come, they will never notice or hear any bad name of the Zango community. my dear Zango friend, let wipe that bad homage in this year’s election and put the politician to shame.

It is high time to experience violence free in the Zangos in this year’s election. I encourage and entreat you all to be very vigilant and never to be used as a political scapegoat. Remember to put Zango first and make it your priority to protect our beloved community against violence.

Long live our Zango leaders

Long live Zango

Long Live Ghana

Basiru Salifu Kumasi Asawase Zango

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