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The National Chief Imam, Sheik Nuhu Shaributu, has called on the Muslim community and Ghanaians to complement the good efforts of waste management companies especially Zoomlion Ghana Limited in ensuring a clean environment.

Addressing Muslims at this year’s Idir Fitr national prayer session, held at the Independence Square in Accra, the Chief Imam admonished the people to desist from throwing refuse in gutters and drains so as to prevent chocking and allow free-flow of water during this season of the rains.

According to the Chief Imam, Zoomlion limited has been leading the agenda of creating a clean Ghana by ensuring that it puts in place mechanisms; including the distribution of dust bins, tricycles, waste management trucks which convey refuse created by people to the dump sites on daily basis.

Sheik Nuhu Shaributu also averred that, there is the need for all to support Zoomlion’s efforts in achieving a better Ghana for all.

“I am appealing to the Muslim mothers and to Ghanaians at large to desist from throwing refuse in drains. In doing this, we will all be supporting the good efforts of the waste management companies chiefly among them is Zoomlion Ghana Limited,” he said.

He also appealed to the District, Municipal and Metropolitan Assemblies (MMDAs) to enforce Sanitation bye-laws and punish people who go against the laid down laws to serve as deterrent.

According to him, the MMDAs also have a larger role to play in making the work of the Waste Management companies move effective and efficient.

The Chief Imam also called for peace before, during and after the coming elections. According to him, as the elections approach, the youth must be more vigilant and guard against all attempts to create confusion in the country.

H also appealed to Muslim youth not to allow themselves to be used by people, political party or any politician to foment trouble and destabilize the nation’s cherished democracy and peace.

The Chief Imam said, the coming election would be a test case in Ghana’s democratic dispensation and that it all behoves on all citizens of Ghana to let the world have a positive judgement about Ghana.

“We must all work to ensure that political violence is ruled out from our campaigns towards the elections. This is the time we must prove to the whole world that Ghana has a cherished culture of sustaining its democracy through peace”, he said.

On his part, President John Mahama said he would not declare a return to load- shedding despite admitting there are challenges with power supply in the country.

Speaking to Muslims at the Independence Square on yesterday, the president said the country is facing some challenges with crude oil supply which has culminated into erratic power supply.

"We have recently suffered some generational problems. Because of sabotage in Nigeria on the terminals, crude oil we ordered from Nigeria has not arrived and so it has created some generational problems for us.

"I have asked the Bulk Oil Storage company to start storing at least one month of light crude oil supply for Ghana so that in the event anything happens at the supply end in Nigeria we are not affected the way we are affected. We are not declaring load-shedding. I believe things will normalise," he said.

Commenting on the recent challenges with the electricity billing, the president said there has been a "realignment of the billing system" and the bills have been made more transparent than they were before.

Muslims all over the world celebrated Eid -Fitr after one month of fasting and prayer session. Eid al-Fitr is the “festival of breaking the fast” and is a religious day celebrated by Muslims the world over. The day signals the end of Islam’s holiest month of Ramadan.