Former President Jerry John Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, have sent a message of goodwill to Muslims on the occasion of the Eid ul Adha festival being celebrated on Friday.
A statement from the office of the former President, copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Friday, said the couple also congratulated Muslims for the successful conclusion of the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca.
It called on all Muslims to use this period of sacrifice to pray for peace and unity as the country draws close to the presidential and parliamentary elections.
The statement said: "Our dear brothers and sisters, as we pray, perform sacrifices and celebrate, let us seek guidance from Allah to protect us during this electoral season so we come out of the process successfully".
It called on Ghanaians to join hands across all religious and political divides to ensure that the elections are incident-free.