Saudi Donates 150 tons of Food To Muslims -As Hunger Rages in Ghana

The Saudi Arabia government has donated some 150 tons of assorted food items to the needy in Ghana for the 2022 Ramadan fasting.

The donation was done through its Markaz Aleawn Alyaqin Eta’am project.

The food items, including; rice, maize, beans, cooking oil, and other items, are expected to reach 15,000 Muslim families within the Ghanaian Muslim communities.

The Eta’am project, which King Salman Humanitarian and Relief Centre solely fund, is a fulfilment of one key pillar of Islam, Zakat, i.e. payment made annually under Islamic law for charitable and religious purposes.

Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Ghana, Mesha Bin Hamdan Alrogi, said that the food items will serve some 15,000 households in a sacred Muslim gesture to provide for the needy.

This donation is coming at a time of extreme economic stress in Ghana and an increasing poverty profile of the country, due to the handling of the economy by the Akufo Addo administration.