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The head and council of elders of the late Imam of Wa’s family have rejected a donation of ¢ 20,000 for the funeral of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
The family of the deceased said the money arrived at a time when its purpose had already been served.
“We, the elders of the family, wish to affirm that the donation, while well intentioned, is delayed as the final funeral rites have already been performed,” said a council statement.
The family also expressed concern that the vice president did not attend any of the deceased’s funeral rites, although he visited Wa in September.
“Furthermore, the vice president never came in person to cry with the family when he paid a visit to the region on September 7, 2020,” they said.
Dr. Bawumia, after the death of Dr. Suleman Mahama Haroon Bakuri, made a donation of ¢ 20,000 to the family of the deceased to support the funeral rites.
The donation, according to the Imam’s family, was made through the president of the central Wa constituency of the ruling New Patriotic Party, rather than the vice president who presented the donation himself.
This, they said, was unethical.
The family also expressed concern about the vice president’s lack of intervention when the imam called for the presidency when the High West region minister, Hafiz Bin Salih, prevented him from performing his religious duties at the Central Mosque.
They said that “the regional minister used the powers granted to him by the Presidency to promote and support a rival faction that supposedly intends to depose the imam,” however, the Presidency did not intervene.
“The Imam lamented that the very party he is accused of sympathizing with when he offered prayers for the leaders of the PNP and the nation during his visit to the region at the Central Mosque on Friday to fraternize with Muslims in the run-up to the La 2016 election campaign is now the party that supports rival factions to get rid of him.
“Isn’t it ironic that neither the president nor his vice found it worthy to attend any of their funeral celebrations or visit family to mourn with them even when they visited and toured the Region, but it was convenient for them to send money through others to be donated to the family? “they added.
The family, however, appreciated the gesture.
