Northern Regional Muslim Council of Ghana (NRMCG) Inaugurates Muslim Marriage Counselors and outdoor Marriage Certificates

The Northern Regional Muslim Council of Ghana (NRMCG) on Saturday, August 10, 2024, formally inaugurated a thirty (30) member Muslim marriage counselors and outdoor marriage certificate to promote peace and harmony among marriage couples in the Northern Region.

The first ever Muslim marriage counselors were taking through a three months extensive training on how to handle and resolve marital issues and other related issues affecting Muslim couples in the Northern Region.

The mandate of the counselors is to help couples build effective communication, problem-solving, and conflict-resolution skills to strengthen their relationship and improve family dynamics.

At the inaugural ceremony on Saturday, various speakers including the Northern Regional Chief Imam Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Salaam, applauded the leadership of the Northern Regional Muslim Council of Ghana (NRMCG) for coming out with such an initiative to address marital problems and other related issues in the region.

In his remarks, Chairman of the Northern Regional Muslim Council Shiekh Issah Alhassan, while thanking Almighty Allah for a successful inaugural ceremony, described the initiative as “historic”.

“This is a historic event that we have held. There was the need for us to come out for the first time in the history of counseling in Ghana, because this is the first time we are doing it. Northern Region has taken the lead. Northern Region has done something that is yet to be replicated in other regions”, he stated.

He mentions that marriages, relationships, and homes are facing a lot of challenges in the region, hence the formation of the Muslim Marriage Counselors.

“Marriages are crumbling; relationships are breaking and homes are going through so many challenges. We know what is happening among the youth. We know how hard substances have been abuse. There is the need for us to have a professional bodies that will come and blind experience with the religion so that when this challenges are brought to them, they will be able to handle them successfully with Quranic injection and authenticated Hadith. This is what we have done today. They have been inaugurated, and we are piloting them in eight (8) Mosque within the Greater Tamale”, he narrates.

He further stated that, “we will do the piloting within eight months and then we will review the entire program. If there is the need for us to extend it to other districts, we will do so Insha’Allah”.

On his part, Mr. Isdeen Abdulai who facilitated the training reminded the Councelors to be guided by the ethics of the profession.

Story By: Alhassan Yakubu |www.diamondfmonline.com |Ghana.