By: Nicholas Osei-Wusu
The Presbyterian Church of Ghana has declared its own version of war against the illegal gold mining menace commonly called ‘galamsey’ ravaging water bodies and arable lands in the country.
To this end, the Church has urged its members, particularly the youth, to wear anything red on Sundays in a demonstration of the church’s strong stance against the canker while asking for all well meaning citizens and residents in the country to join the crusade to stop galamsey.
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, the Right Reverend Dr. Abraham Nana Opare Kwakye, made this known at Mabang in the Ashanti region when he received from a former Minister of Information, Mr. Dan Botwe, the key to a five-bedroom Manse for the church.
“We’re asking the entire nation to come together in the fight against galamsey. Indeed, it’s a menace, it destroys a lot of our water bodies and many people are worried. The future of our nation is at stake and it’s important all of us to come together and that is why today, young people of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, all over the country, are putting on red to show how we’re worried, how we’re concerned about what is going on. And our prayer is that, the leaders of our nation, those in government, event those in opposition, will take note of the fact that the church has taken a stance against galamsey”, the Moderator explained.
The Right Rev. Kwakye called also on Ghanaians to join forces towards a peaceful Presidential and Parliamentary elections in December this year.
He said, “I want the entire nation to place their trust in the Lord, especially as we get ready for the general elections. Knowing that there is some agitation and tension, we want to ask that, as nation, let’s pull ourselves together, let’s do what’s right and focus on having a clean and peaceful elections.”
Touching on the upcoming Presidential and Parliamentary elections, the Presby Moderator said “knowing that there’s some agitation and there’s tension, we want to ask that, as a nation let us pull ourselves together, let us do what is right and focus on having a clean and peaceful elections.”
Rt. Rev. Nana Kwakye urged Ghanaians to depend and trust in God especially as the nation gets ready for the December 7 elections.
