President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on March 6, 2017, indicated that his government will build a national Cathedral to aid Christian activities in the country.
The President disclosed this during Ghana's 60th anniversary which was held at the independence square in Accra.
Addressing the President's quest to establish a Cathedral in the country, NPP activist and lawyer John Kumah complimented the President on Peace FM's Kokrokoo for his great initiative.
According to him, the Cathedral will serve as a resort center for all Christians in the nation and a place where they would converge to undertake a common activity for the peace of the country.
Earlier, last week, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Attah during the presentation of the 2017 budget, made some references to quotations in the Bible, the Holy book of Christians.
He said: “Mr Speaker, I see our nation with this overwhelming election mandate as all having decided to withdraw in unison like Jesus to a remote place, Mr. Speaker, only to discover that we have five loaves of bread and two fishes to feed our 25 million plus fellow citizens. But herein lies the genius of the Ghanaian for we are God’s handiwork created in Christ Jesus to do good works which God prepared in advance for us to do. As you can see, Mr. Speaker, with 5 loaves and 2 fishes, President Akufo-Addo’s budget has tackled the five structural pillars of revenue, expenditure, earmarked funds, labour and our debt.”
But the Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt held that no one religion holds sway over the other in Ghana and cautioned against ay attempt to impose Christian rights on the nation.
Expressing his chagrin, he emphatically stated that "if it’s even three people in Ghana who don’t believe in God, they have a right to their beliefs. If it’s three people who are Atheists in Ghana, they’re entitled to their right. That’s something we must live with. It must show.”
To Mr. Pratt, Christianity should not take precedence over other religions.
“Judaism, as a religion, it doesn’t accept the new testament. That’s the basis of the religion. So, if someone doesn’t believe in Jesus; the person has not breached the law. And if there’s someone who believes in Jesus, the person has also not infringed on the law. That’s why the national constitution is a secular constitution. So, sometimes when we’re talking and we say that Christians are many than Muslims; it’s problematic. The fact that if it’s even true that Christians are numerous than Muslims, it doesn’t mean that Christian rights can be imposed on the nation," he said on Kokrokoo.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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where were you when the late president used the seat of government for christian activities?you same people referred to him as asomdwe hene and nana patapaa.now the man is helping to build a church too be problem?finance minister mention God's name that one too problem1kwesi pratt!what do you want in this world and country?
what wrong with president words,Mr Kwasi Pratt needs repntance, thank you
Kwasi Pratt Bayifo)!! Why do you feel threatened by the Gospel of Christ?? Repent and Give your life to Christ..May God have mercy on your wretched soul.
I think Kwasi Pratt has completely forgotten that the vice President of Ghana H E Dr Bawumia is a muslim and that in itself is a testament that Ghana is not totally for Christians. These myopic views must be tolerated on our airwaves. Ghana is for Ghanaians no matter what you believe in and that's the beauty of Ghana.
Kwesi Pratt the Antichrist
then the hajj national committee should be dissolve because its imposition on the nation since we dont have anything like national christain committee.nonesenseee
Kwesi Pratt must go to Canada to play that BU-LL--***barred word***. The Canadian president declared the other day that her country was not going to stop Muslims from coming there but that they do not have the right to publicly practice their religion through the megaphones. Hear in Ghana Christians and Muslims eat from the same bowl without any quarrel so what is your worry.
No one is asking you Pratt to stop attending your church. It is always in your interest to create confusion within the society. You are a very bad citizen.
You are a divisive and wicked, you want to find fault with everything President Nana Addo Darkwa Akuffo Addo does. You said he will never become president and God has made you fall prostrate before him and now, you see everything he does wrong, He will not give you money o buy car and send your children to school abroad. He will be fair to every Ghanaian irrespective of your political and religious background. Stop stoking religious sentiments in this country, you devil.
For what i support the government. Amen