Scores of women on Sunday, August 4 besieged the premises of the Glorious Way Church, founded by Prophet Badu Kobi to register their displeasure over remarks made by the prophet, which they deemed were derogatory and promotes ethnocentrism.
Prophet Kobi during church service last week expressed his opinion on how he thought women from various ethnic groups such as Asante, Fante and Ewe behave advised against people marrying especially Asante women since he thought they were only interested in grabbing properties when they go into marriage.
The women protesters, clad in red arm and head bands carried placards bearing inscriptions such as “Fante women are not stupid”, “Ashante women are not greedy”, “Ewe women are not clueless”, and “Property owning is a blessing.”
The convener of the protesters, Gladys Afia Pokua of Adom FM, an Accra-based radio station, said the man of God’s tribal remarks could disunite the country. According to her, the peace the country has been enjoying was due to its diversity of culture.
She noted that the Prophet of God ought to have used his platform to unite the various tribes in the country than to cast unprintable remarks on some of them.
Prophet Badu Kobi was recently heard in a viral video that Ashanti women were greedy whereas Fante and Ewe women were stupid and clueless respectively. The said derogatory remarks attracted a lot of reactions in the public, with many calling on the leader of the Glorious Way Church to retract the comments and apologise.
Afia Pokua said the protest was meant to compel Prophet Badu Kobi to know that Ghanaian women were not in support of his remarks. "We intended to make a statement and we made it," she said, pointing out that "We do not agree with tribalism."
She was of the view that the only thing that could help develop the country was unity and that "unity comes from the beauty of our diversity, which is one of the reasons why Ghana has not being to war for a very long time."
"We think that a prophet of his standing, Prophet Badu Kobi should not be the one to divide us," Afia Pokua said.
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So Ghanaians are still wasting their time & energy on this ***barred word***? Backwards country
The prophet said the truth, what is required is retrospection not condemnation. The mothers poison the minds of their children against their fathers even when he has raken good care of them. Ashanti men are the most miserable after 70 years because his own children says he is not their famiky member but only theirs mothers family. They don't listen to their fathers who would have given them good guidance. Their problem is that they send their mothers to marriages whose sole motive is how she will acquire wealth not how the man will educare her grandchildren. The inheritance system could be blame even after interstate succession law. Any Ashanti lady who get close ti their fathers becomes and a better wife.
Ah you are fo.o.l.s ampa; you don’t have anything doing. If you had wisdom you wouldn’t leave your homes to match this use.less agenda. Adea moy3i 3ka s3e? What the man said is true, change your ways and move on. Did he mention anybody’s name, or he is your God? Why shd you take everything people say so personally? Do they control your life? Look at how someone has tricked you to leave your families and follow her for a use.less demonstration, what is the motive or the gain you are expecting from this demonstration?
@Yaw, you are ***barred word*** fuoul, what has this got to do with NPP, and what makes unmarried women needs men to survive. Why don’t you ask your so called prophet Badu Koobi where can we find his sermon in them, stop following bl!ndly, D@mp
Ah Women paaa, is this all you can do?
TELL AFIA POKUAA TO STOP THIS NPP AGENDA. THIS IS NOT WHAT WILL FETCH HER QA HUSBAND!!! SHE SHOULD MARCH ON OWUSU BEMPAH TO BRING BACK THE KIDNAPPED GIRLS. IT"S MORE WORTHWHILE!!