Mr. Kwadwo Agyei-Dwomor, Nkoranza North District Chief Executive, has emphasized the need for Moslem parents to send and keep their children to school irrespective of their sex.
He expressed worry that some Moslem parents encouraged their younger girls to enter into early marriage whilst their boys advanced in education.
This negative practice, he said, had caused a number of promising Moslem women who could rise higher in education to become housewives.
Mr. Agyei-Dwomor was addressing a gathering of Moslems from Dromankese in the district who had gathered for prayers as part of the just ended celebration of the Ed-UL-Fitr festival.
He urged the Moslem youth to live by the five pillars of Islam and maintain their faith in the religion.
Mr. Agyei-Dwomor reiterated the Government would continued to offer Moslems with the necessary support to enhance the growth of Islam and expressed government appreciation to their spiritual and physical contribution to national development.
Mallam Mohammed Tahidu-Seidu, the Chief Imam of the area, stressed the need for Ghanaians to worship God as a sign of appreciation to His divine protection.
He called on Moslems to eschew negative attitudes and practices that could tarnish and put the image of Islam into disrepute.
Mallam Tahidu-Seidu led the Moslems to pray for President Professor John Evans Atta Mills and all the leaders of the country and wished them God's blessing and success.
Earlier in a welcoming address, Mallam Ibrahim Owusu-Asante, the local Secretary of the Ahmadiya Moslem Mission, was grateful to the Government for providing the Moslems with poly mats, rice, sugar and other food items in support of the Ramadan.
He pleaded with the Nkoranza North District Assembly to construct a six-classroom block for the local Islamic Primary School at Dromankese as the children of the school were currently housed in a temporary structure.
Nana Oduro Poku III, Chief of Dromankese, congratulated the Moslems for going through the 30 days of fasting and prayers.
He advised Moslem leaders to educate their youth on the importance of the Ghanaian culture so that they would live in tandem with traditional norms and preserve Ghana's cultural heritage.