Abubakar Issaka Akolga, born with special gift in healing people through the divine interventions of Allah is changing the lives of hundreds of people in the Upper East Region and Burkina Faso.
He uses plants from the commandments of Allah to treat people and water in different areas especially infertility, stroke, maternal health and many more.
Abubakar Issaka Akolga, a young man who got his Islamic healing from Allah without learning from anyone, is seen by many as a hero in the Bongo District and parts of Burkina Faso for his healing methods using herbs within the healing center surrounded by different species of plants and shrubs
People who are under recovery and for consultation, are fed by him through the help of volunteers.
One unique aspect of his healing is a normal Sachet water poured unto the sick person with the intentions of the sick person and according to Abubakar Issaka Akolga, water is from Allah and has hidden healing powers without the control of any human being and all depends on the believe that Allah can heal you through the water.
According to him 85% of people who come there get healed especially on fertility and orthopedic conditions.
“So far those who have come here for healing have been cured while others are still recovering. I used the verses of the Quran to heal people and it is a gift from Allah and I do not engage in any fetish practices”.
A resident of Dua-Borogo confirms the effectiveness of the Islamic healing in the area.
“I am a resident of this place and since this man (Abubakar Issaka Akolga) arrived here, a lot of people have been cured through his special gift of healing and he doesn’t demand anything from his clients”
For show of humanity and love for the people, Abubakar Issaka Akolga donated assorted food items ranging from bags of rice and other items to the aged and the needy.
The general secretary of the Northern Ghana federation of traditional healers Association, Amoah Abdul Rashid explains how fast traditional healing has become in the upper East Region with collaboration with the Ghana Health Service.
” Since the time 2005, we did a survey and around that survey we had about 75% out of the 100% who goes to traditional medicine and then the 25% goes to orthodox. But the point is here the people are not sensitized in a way that they can produce the products hygienically, whether packaging and then registering the products, so that it will enable them to bring it out to the market for consumers. So I think our challenge here is we need either the government or any NGO to come to our aid to help sensitize our people to know how to produce their products hygienically”, he said.
He added, “It is very effective because mostly, as I see, people used to go to orthodox and finally they come to us, the traditional healers, saying that oh I have been to the orthodox hospital, we have taken the medicine but in fact we haven’t seen any improvement. So that’s why we are coming here and mostly they get their good results”.