The two major political parties; the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress are butting heads over recent comments made by Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, founder and leader of the Action Chapel International.
Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams is reported to have expressed sadness over how Ghanaian businesses are treated by various governments in the country.
In a sermon on Sunday, 1 September 2019 at Action Chapel International, Duncan Williams said: “the level of insecurity, envy and jealousy in this country is amazing. And if you look at our political system, the way it’s designed, it enhances jealousy and envy. So, it has become a vicious cycle where we have become a society of bringing down one another. Any government that comes, they’ll tell them that: ‘This man is NPP, or this man is NDC; he’s an enemy of our party, he’s an enemy of state, he’s an enemy of the nation, pull him down, bring him down. And we’ll take away everything he has and give it to foreigners..."
Days after that sermon, the NPP says it was wrong for Archbishop Nicholas Duncan Williams to claim that government does not support indigenous businesses in the country.
Speaking in a panel discussion on Peace FM's 'The Platform' programme, a member of the Communication Team of the ruling party, Sly Tetteh said Archbishop Duncan Williams is a testimony that the ruling government is not against indigenous banks.
"I have a lot of respect for Duncan Williams but I disagree with what he said. It is not true that we don't love our won. if we don't love our own, he himself would not have been successful today..."
Watch his full discussion in the video below
Meanwhile, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) thinks Duncan Williams should be hailed.
Deputy Communication Officer in the Bono Region, Eric Adjei, speaking on the same platform, bemoaned the fact that the ruling administration has collapsed indigenous banks in the country leaving the foreign ones and that if the words of the Archbishop will be adhered to, it will help the country.
Watch his take in the video below
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So what exactly did Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams want the government to do? Leave the banks as they are and give them more money? And please Sir, stop using Nigeria banks to compare what's happening in Ghana banking industry. For your information, In 2009 Cecilia Ibru, former managing director and chief executive officer of Oceanic Bank was arrested and charges for fraud. She was jailed and fined approximately one billion euros. Can you people allow your government to jail those bank officials that caused these mess in your banking industry?
"And if you look at our political system, the way it’s designed, it enhances jealousy and envy". Bishop, for me I now it all started with your Rawlings in 1979 (AFRC) and 1981 (PNDC). Where CONSCIOUS effort was spent to either KILL and drive away businessmen like Tata Brewery and the likes. Were they (AFRC/P(NDC) jealous? "Na shese no fri nnam twetwae num". Go ask Rawlings and his P(NDC) why they did that! Stay blessed, Bishop!
the man said the truth and what else? are we Ghanaians blind or what? that is true, let us swallow it and change, period!!! why do you have condemn what he said? NPP are you above criticism? you are going to loose the elections next year if year if you don't stop this nasty behaviour. Ghana is not yours and so is NDC. You people have caused too much to us the electorates and we can decide to vote or not.