{"id":238620,"date":"2012-12-13T21:39:19","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T21:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/news\/2012\/12\/offer-special-prayers-for-ghana-prez-mahama-tells-religious-bodies\/"},"modified":"2012-12-13T21:39:19","modified_gmt":"2012-12-13T21:39:19","slug":"offer-special-prayers-for-ghana-prez-mahama-tells-religious-bodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2012\/12\/13\/offer-special-prayers-for-ghana-prez-mahama-tells-religious-bodies\/","title":{"rendered":"Offer Special Prayers for Ghana; Prez Mahama Tells Religious Bodies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/81bb656509898_175834.jpg\" border=\"1\" class=\"c13\" \/><span class=\"peace_content_text_1\">President John Dramani Mahama has requested the country\u2019s religious groups to offer Special Prayers in all Mosques and Churches this weekend for \u201cGhana to continue to enjoy peace and stability\u201d after the successful general elections.<\/p>\n<p>A statement signed by the Minister for Information, Fritz Baffour, said President Mahama in a letter to the National Chief Imam and the Ameer of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission asked them to request all Mosques in the country to offer special prayers on Friday December 14, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Christian Council of Ghana, the Catholic Bishops Conference, the National Association of Charismatic &amp; Christian Churches and the Council for African Indigenous Churches have also been requested to ask all member churches to offer special prayers on Sunday December 16, 2012\u201d, the statement noted.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr. Baffour, President Mahama in the correspondence thanked the various religious groups for their commendable role through prayers and advocacy for the peaceful and successful elections.<\/p>\n<p>He urged all Ghanaians to continue to pray for a peaceful country.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President John Dramani Mahama has requested the country\u2019s religious groups to offer Special Prayers in all Mosques and Churches this weekend for \u201cGhana to continue to enjoy peace and stability\u201d after the successful general elections.A statement signed by the Minister for Information, Fritz Baffour, said President Mahama in a letter to the National Chief Imam and the Ameer of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission asked them to request all Mosques in the country to offer special prayers on Friday December 14, 2012.\u201cThe Christian Council of Ghana, the Catholic Bishops Conference, the National Association of Charismatic &amp; 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