{"id":25186,"date":"2026-02-02T15:51:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.fawefmonline.com\/?p=25186"},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:51:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:51:33","slug":"bawumias-win-affirms-ghanas-democratic-not-theocratic-identity-chief-imam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fawefmonline.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/bawumias-win-affirms-ghanas-democratic-not-theocratic-identity-chief-imam\/","title":{"rendered":"Bawumia\u2019s win affirms Ghana\u2019s democratic, not theocratic, identity \u2013 Chief Imam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, has congratulated Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on his victory in the New Patriotic Party\u2019s presidential primary, citing a strong affirmation of Ghana\u2019s democratic identity and religious pluralism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Bawumia emerged victorious from a keenly contested primary on Saturday, January 31, 2026, defeating four other aspirants to secure the party\u2019s ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He commended the NPP for conducting a peaceful congress, urging party members to see it as an opportunity to reaffirm their commitment to internal democracy, constitutional order, and interfaith harmony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement issued on Monday, February 2, the Chief Imam also praised the other contestants for conceding in a spirit of unity and reconciliation, noting that their conduct reflected political maturity and respect for democratic norms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stressed that while approaches to internal party contests may differ, the shared objective of national progress must remain paramount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, His Eminence lauded the Ghana Police Service and the Electoral Commission for what he described as transparency, accountability, and objectivity in the conduct of the primary, contributing to the credibility of the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDemocracy is a shared responsibility and a civic duty. And when we all play our roles effectively in pursuit of democratic prosperity, in the end, we will not remember the discomfort of our individual struggles, but the comfort of our collective success\u201d, concludes His Eminence<br><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bnjuiu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"754\" class=\"lazyload\" height=\"874\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: citinewsroom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, has congratulated Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on his victory in the New Patriotic Party\u2019s presidential primary, citing a strong affirmation of Ghana\u2019s democratic identity and religious pluralism. Dr Bawumia emerged victorious from a keenly contested primary on Saturday, January 31, 2026, defeating four other aspirants to secure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fawefmonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fawefmonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fawefmonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fawefmonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fawefmonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fawefmonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25188,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fawefmonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25186\/revisions\/25188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fawefmonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fawefmonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fawefmonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fawefmonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}