The Kekeli Muslim community has appealed to President John Dramani Mahama to revise the appointment of Mohammed Abdul Salaam as the Managing Director of the National Lottery Authority (NLA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The community cited Islamic principles that forbid any form of lottery, making Salaam’s appointment “deeply troubling and heartbreaking”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Initially, Muslim leaders advised Salaam not to accept the position due to its conflict with Islamic beliefs. Now, the Kekeli Muslim community is pleading with the president to cancel the appointment, emphasizing that it goes against their faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The community plans to gather other Muslim leaders to ensure the president reconsiders the appointment before it becomes irreversible. This development highlights the tension between religious beliefs and public appointments in Ghana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Muslim Community Urges President to Reconsider NLA CEO Appointment<\/p>\n
The Kekeli Muslim community has appealed to President John Dramani Mahama to revise the appointment of Mohammed Abdul Salaam as the Managing Director of the National Lottery Authority (NLA).<\/p>\n
The community cited Islamic principles that forbid any form of lottery, making Salaam’s appointment “deeply troubling and heartbreaking”.<\/p>\n
Initially, Muslim leaders advised Salaam not to accept the position due to its conflict with Islamic beliefs. Now, the Kekeli Muslim community is pleading with the president to cancel the appointment, emphasizing that it goes against their faith.<\/p>\n
The community plans to gather other Muslim leaders to ensure the president reconsiders the appointment before it becomes irreversible. This development highlights the tension between religious beliefs and public appointments in Ghana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5335,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5330\/revisions\/5335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}