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Accra: The Zakat and Saqada Trust Fund, a faith-based charity Muslim organisation, has appointed Alhaji Musah Baba Adams as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

The new CEO takes over from Hajia Azara Abukari-Haroun, a retired banker and a board member of the Ghana Hajj Board.

The board chairman of the fund, Chief Alhassan Andani, at a brief ceremony  administered the oath of office to Mr. Adams and his new two deputies, Dr. Shaibu Ali and Abdulai Habib Mohammed, last Tuesday, January 16.

Sherif Shaban was also sworn into office as the programme officer for the fund.

In a related development, the newly appointed CEO of the Zakat and Sadaqa Trust Fund, Alhaji B.M. Adams, and his deputy, Dr. Ali, were inaugurated as members of the management board of the National Muslim Conference of Ghana.

The ceremony took place at the National Mosque in Kanda on Sunday, January 21, 2024.

The inauguration was in tandem with the long-term commitment of the Fund and the conference to collaborate towards the development of the Ghanaian Muslim community.

The Zakat Fund executive expressed their gratitude for the opportunity to serve on the NMC Management Board and pledged to work collaboratively with the broader Muslim community to address shared challenges and advance common objectives.

This continuous collaboration is expected to enhance the impact of both organizations in promoting social welfare and community development within the Muslim community in Ghana.

The Zakat and Sadaqa Trust Fund was an initiative of the Muslim Caucus of Parliament that was first launched in 2010.

It seeks to amass the wealth of the Ghanaian muslim community through charity and zakat payment and channel it towards life-changing interventions that benefits mostly the less priviledged in the Ghanaian society.