Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, Founder and Presiding Archbishop of the Action Chapel International, has asked politicians not to take Ghanaians for granted.
He has raised concerns about the ongoing issues in the country and the ramifications in the event of a political instability.
According to him, it would be erroneous for anyone to think the Ghanaian is timid, spelling out previous incidents of instability and how brutal some citizens became at the time.
The Archbishop, who spoke on behalf of other pastors at a gathering between the flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama and the Christian Ecumenical Council stated that the economic situation in the country would make people do things they wouldn’t ordinarily do since “because when people are desperate and angry, they don’t care about what happens.”
At the meeting Monday, May 20, 2024, the former President called on the clergy to speak against the lack of transparency leading to the upcoming December elections.
According to Mahama, the Electoral Commission which is the election management body of the State is supposed to be neutral and found to be neutral in the conduct of its activities. However, John Mahama alleged that the Commission has appointed party loyalists as part of its staff in an attempt to rig the polls for the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP).
“The EC is the arbiter and the EC is the umpire and the EC must not only be neutral, it must seem to be neutral and nonpartisan. Unfortunately, recent events do not give us confidence about this. This is a president who is appointing politically exposed people into positions of trust when they’re supposed to be neutral and nonpartisan,” John Mahama noted.
“May I say this that nobody should think that the Ghanaian is very gentle and doesn’t like trouble. It’s not true, because I saw what happened in 79 and 81 and there were Ghanaians and some of the violence and murders and unrest in a certain part of this country like what’s going on in Bawku and other places, they are all Ghanaians, and if we don’t manage things well and we have this mentality and thinking that any party can do whatever they want to do and the Ghanaian will accept it, and the Ghanaian will live for it, you might be playing with fire, make no mistake.
“Because when people are desperate and angry, they don’t care about what happens. And angry and desperate people are very dangerous to manage and deal with, and demons come into town and possess people. Maybe you will know because when demons enter a person, it doesn’t care about your tribe or your citizenship.
“So I think that Mr former President and your party should be very much aware of some of these things. I wouldn’t say much but I have a lot of questions I want to personally ask and I believe that all the members of the clergy have a lot of unanswered questions that we want to put to you, and to find and have some answers, so that we know how to educate our congregation going forward,” the man of God stated.
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