Deputy
Communication Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammy Awuku
has made a clarion call on Christians in the nation to defend their
religious leaders so as to prevent politicians from debasing their
reputations.
Speaking on Oman FM’s political analysis programme
on Monday, he took a swipe at functionaries within the governing
National Democratic Congress (NDC) who have taken a delight in
lambasting religious leaders who forewarn Ghanaians to pray for the
country’s destiny in order to avert any possible calamity that may
befall the nation.
Sammy Awuku, who was reacting to the
invectives cast upon the General Overseer of the International Central
Gospel Church (ICGC) Dr. Mensah Otabil by some political figures and
government officials, questioned the NDC’s logic in verbally assaulting
the man of God when all he sought to do was to urge Christians to pray
for the peace of the country.
According to him, the NDC
government seems to drag every man of God who prophesies about an
impending doom that awaits the nation through the mud, but tend to give
premium to other religious leaders who they probably deem ‘untouchable.’
He was therefore not surprised since to him; the ruling party is noted for singling out religious leaders for ridicule.
Alluding
to some previous acts by officials in the government, he asserted that
“when it’s Reverend Owusu Bempah sharing his opinion on national issues
and offering prayers, they will insult him. When it’s Pastor Mensah
Otabil sharing his opinion on national issues, then, they begin to
vilify and use him as punching bag. If it’s Bishop Addai Mensah, they
won’t spare him but flog him mercilessly. If you’re Presby moderator,
the same; Bishop Dag Heward Mills, the same” but to him “other Pastors
receive a rapturous applause from NDC officials when they equally share
their minds on national issues…”
In respect of this, Sammy Awuku
called on the Christian community to rally support for their religious
leaders, emphasizing that “if they don’t stand and defend their own,
these Apostles will forever be taken one [by] one” by the government
functionaries.
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