Consequently, delegates at the end of conference appointed a sub-committee to deliberate and communicate to delegates the agreed date for the sighting of the moon for the 2025 Ramadan fasting with the sub-committee chaired by Alhaji Yussif Alhassan who is also the National Chairman of Ramadan Conference.

“March shall be the first day of Rama­dan. If not sighted, 1st March shall be the 30th day of Sha’ban, then Sunday, the 2nd day of March shall automatically be the first day of Ramadan – 2025,” the Communique stated.

The conference commended the gov­ernment for the move to add an addi­tional day to the Muslim statutory holiday of Eidul-Fitr as a sign of goodwill and exhibition of mutual respect and honour to the formidable Muslim Ummah in the country.

It said the festive occasion was cele­brated by a teeming number of in-school Muslim students and government workers across Ghana.

The statement said that in view of the religious pluralistic nature of Ghana, and if the new holiday added to number of holidays, it would go a long way to cement the religious harmony and co-op­eration “And serve a as binding factor that will ultimately knit us together as a balanced and one unified nation.”

The statement said the conference called on the government to implement the National Muslim Manifesto (NMM), which is built around a considerable number of thematic areas, including the formalisation of the recruitment of more Arabic tutors and streamlining their re­muneration in line with all other teachers within the Ghana Education Service (GES).

The statement called on the govern­ment to bring the Interstate succession law- PNDC Law 111 in line with Islamic tenets, saying the law in its current form is at variance with the Islamic require­ment and therefore detrimental to the fundamental human rights of Muslims in Ghana.

“Conference calls on the government to seriously consider the legal rights of Muslims by honouring the introduction of the inheritance law strictly in accor­dance with the tenets of the Holy Quran. This calls for the introduction of the Islamic component of the alternative in­heritance sharing courts to be handled by our Imams and renowned Muslim clerics in line with what prevails in advance secu­lar states,” it said.

The statement said the conference entreated the government to, as a matter of urgency, sign the anti LGBTQI+ bill into law.

“This abominable act is against the norms of Islam and the natural course of mind and sexual gratification. It has become necessary for Ghanaians and Muslims in particular to preserve and transmit our rich religious and cultural heritage for generations to come. We, therefore, stamp our foot unshakably against LGBTQI+ and should therefore be summarily flashed out. Ghanaians are in pressing need of proper human sexual rights and Ghanaian family values,” it said.

The Conference commended the Speaker of Parliament, Sumana Kings­ford Bagbin, for his commitment to the passage of the bill into law.

The statement commended the govern­ment for the gesture to reduce Hajj fares, saying, it would facilitate increasing num­ber of Muslims in Ghana accomplishing their dream ambition of performing this pillar of Islam.