Works and Housing Minister Presents food items to Twenty Muslim Constituencies in Ashanti Region

The Minister of Works and Housing, Hon. Gilbert Kenneth Agyei, has presented food items to twenty Ashanti Region constituencies supporting the Ramadan festivity.

The items include 100 bags of sugar, Lipton, 80 bags of rice, and cooking oil bottles.

Some twenty constituencies within the Ashanti Region are to benefit from the donation.

Presenting the food items on behalf of the Minister in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional Director of Operations, Mallam Yaya Mohammed, commended all Muslims for peacefully observing this year’s Ramadan despite their challenges.

The donation, he said, was to support Muslims who have been involved in fasting.

He explained that the Minister believed that it was essential that all Ghanaians show love and compassion to their Muslim neighbors, especially during the celebration of Ramadan.

Chairman Iddrissu Mahyia North Constituency, who doubles as the Ashanti Regional DRIP coordinator and received the donation on behalf of all the beneficiary communities, expressed gratitude to the Minister for the donation.

Chairman Iddrissu said “We’re grateful the minister has remembered us this holy month. For giving this to the Muslim communities signifies a lot to us,” he said.

They prayed for peace and unity among the populace towards working together to address challenges in the country.