Ghana’s religious harmony is contributing significantly to national development, Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said.
Addressing Muslims at this year’s Eid-ul-Fitr celebration at the Black Star Square on Tuesday (3 May) Bawumia attributed the peaceful co-existence between religious bodies partly to Ghana’s recent ranking as the most peaceful country in West Africa.
“Already Ghana is globally acclaimed as a very peaceful country and we have attained enviable positions on the global peace index as the most peaceful country in West Africa and the second most peaceful in Africa,” he said.
“It is because of the tolerance, cooperation and mutual respect between Muslims and Christians across the country, elsewhere faith-based groups are at each other’s throat and are destructive elements to the peace of their communities.”
“Here in Ghana, we are blessed with tolerance and progressive religious leadership which are contributing meaningfully to national development. Let us continue to strengthen our ties regardless of our different religious identities so that we can continue to positively influence our communities and nation,” Bawumia added.
Ghana ranks 2nd Most Peaceful Country in Africa
Ghana has been ranked the second most peaceful country in Africa in the 2021 Global Peace Index report by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP).
The IEP is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think tank dedicated to shifting the world’s focus to peace as a positive, achievable, and tangible measure of human well-being and progress.
A look at the snapshot of the global state of peace as captured in the report, Ghana is ranked 38th out of the 163 countries reviewed.
Ghana scored 1.715 which represents a two-point move upward from the previous Global Peace Index report.
