He indicated that countries on the continent, including Ghana, must chart a new path to growth centered around its cultural identity because none of the developed countries relied on another's cultural identity to attain that status. The Speaker made the call when a section of the leadership of the Tijaniya Muslim Council of Ghana led by Sheik Muhammed Mutawakil Iddris paid a courtesy call on him in Parliament. "The poverty in Africa is not the poverty of wealth or property but rather it is the poverty of the mind," he said. The Speaker called for a more radical approach to sway the minds of Africans, particularly the youth into embracing and promoting their own culture as their contribution to the development of the continent. The Leader of the delegation, Sheik Muhammed Mutawakil Iddris, expressed gratitude to the Speaker for the support he had over the years given to the Tijaniya Muslim Council.

Source: GhanaWeb May 19, 2021 21:11 UTC