General News of Saturday, 24 June 2023Source: www.ghanaweb.comIn September 2011, former president John Agyekum Kufuor was bemused by certain claims made by the then Deputy Finance Minister, Fifi Kwetey that no Muslim can ever be President of Ghana. Read the full story originally published by The Globe on September 20, 2011Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has expressed intense befuddlement over alleged claims by Deputy Finance Minister Fiifi Kwettey that no Muslim can ever be President of Ghana. ”Mr. Kufuor who served two consecutive four-year terms as President was sharing, exclusively with The Globe, his opinions about the recent furore on the possibility of a Muslim ever becoming the president of Ghana amongst other things. Former President Kufuor maintained his partner Aliu Mahama while then candidate Mills chose, then MP for Kumbungu Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni; a Muslim as his running mate. If tomorrow, (incidentally my vice president was a Muslim) a party should throw up a Muslim as its candidate and he is a Muslim that the people of Ghana would accept, what stops him from becoming the president of Ghana?

Source: GhanaWeb June 24, 2023 21:03 UTC