Information Minister-designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, says Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams’s declaration of a 72-hour fasting and prayer for Ghana won’t affect the incumbent government.
Speaking on Asempa FM’s flagship political talk show, Ekosii Sen, the politician said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) were not fortunate to inherit a bad economy from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party.
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According to him, even though most Ghanaians are complaining about hardships lately, the state of the economy, there are positive indications for the economy, compared to John Mahama’s administration.
He explained that the Arch-Bishop urging his members to pray for the country will not affect the decisions of the NPP party.
“It doesn’t affect us at all; the art of praying for the country is good. There is nothing wrong with it. We have to put ourselves in the hands of God.
“In 2016, development was very low, including inflation and treasury bills owed. It was due to the crisis that we resorted to IMF. Now, a year and a half on, we are gradually moving out from 75 to 63 per cent GDP-to-debt-ratio. Electricity tariffs are down. The Free SHS scheme has been implemented and the health insurance is doing well,” he told Osei Bonsu.
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Presiding Archbishop and General Overseer of the Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has declared a 72-hours fasting and prayers for Ghana.
Beginning Monday, October 1, 2018, church members are expected to pray for God’s intervention in the current difficulties and hardship Ghanaians are currently facing.
“A powerful prayer is needed for a nation which is in crisis”, he told his congregation on Sunday.
ALL OF YOU IN THIS GOVERNMENT TELL LIES THAT YOU INHERITED A BAD ECONOMY. GHANA HAS EXISTED FOR 61 YEARS WHICH YOU HAVE CELEBRATED. CONSIDER ALL THE WEALTH OF OUR GREAT NATION, OUR DIVINELY ENDOWED NATURAL RESOURCES AND PEOPLE, THE LITTLE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE PEACE WE ENJOY IN OUR COUNTRY. STOP THE RHETORICS AND GET ON WITH THE WORK YOU YOURSELVES HAVE PROMISED THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WILL DO. AFTERALL YOU BEGGED FOR IT. HOW MANY MINISTERS ARE IN GOVERNMENT? AND KOJO OPONG NKRUMAH HOW MANY DEPUTIES DO YOU HAVE? LET ALONE YOUR OTHER COLLEAGUE MINISTERS? IF YOUR FATHER DID NOT LEAVE ANY INHERITANCE BEHIND, AND YOU MARRY THREE WIVES, IT IS YOUR DECISION. SOME LEADERS IN OTHER COUNTRIES INHERIT WAR TORN COUNTRIES, YET THEY GO AHEAD TO PERFORM AND DO THEIR BEST.