THE new Upper West Regional Minister, Alhaji Issahaku Saliah, has paid courtesy calls on Islamic clerics, landowners (tendamba) and the local council of churches and some opinion leaders in the Wa Municipality.
He stressed the need for unity from all sectors of the society in order to push the development agenda of the region forward.
Alhaji Salia was accompanied on the tour by the former acting Upper West Regional Minister, Mr Moses Magbengba, who is also the Northern Regional Minister, the Deputy Upper West Regional Minister, Mr Caesar Kale, and other officials from the Regional Co-ordinating Council.
The Regional Chief Imam, Alhaji Issahaku Yakubu, described Mr Magbengba as a very lucky person whose luck shined upon the region during the three months that he was acting as the regional minister.
“We believe it is because of your luck that both the Upper West and the Northern regions have been very peaceful when you acted as Regional Minister in our region.
The Chief Imam advised Mr Magbengba and the new Regional Minister, Alhaji Saliah, to learn to forgive at all times because as humans, we are all fallible.”
Both Mr Magbengba and Alhaji Saliah expressed appreciation to the Chief Imam and his elders for their prayers and support and urged them to continue doing so.
Alhaji Saliah and his entourage also visited the Ahmediyya Muslim Mission where the First National Deputy Ameer of the mission, Maulvi Yusif Yawson, stressed the resolve of the mission to continue to partner the government in its development efforts.
Maulvi Yawson further prayed that the proposed Wa-Walewale road was constructed in due course as promised by the government to make travelling from Wa to Tamale very smooth and convenient.
At the meeting with the Local Council of Churches, Alhaji Saliah further stressed the need for unity among the people of the region, saying, “It is good to see all the churches coming together under one umbrella as the local council of churches in the region and I hope our Muslim community would take a cue from this and have that tolerance and unite.”
That, Alhaji Saliah said, made the followers one and to work towards a common goal.
For his part, the outgoing acting Regional Minister, Mr Magbengba, thanked the opinion and religious leaders, as well as the people of the region, for their support during the few months he took over as the regional minister.
It would be recalled that the position of Upper West Regional Minister became vacant when a few disgruntled youth of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) rose up against the former Regional Minister, Mr Mahmud Khalid, and destroyed tender documents leading to his sacking by President John Atta Mills.
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