Christian Council advocates national dream

The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) has called for the development of the “Ghana-We-Want Agenda” for the next 50 years.

According to the council, “As a nation, we should begin to dream about the Ghana-We-Want in the next 50 years, and work towards achieving it. This agenda should be nationalistic in nature to serve as the development blueprint for our dear nation.”

The General Secretary of the CCG, Rev. Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, who made the call in a sermon he preached at the Presbyterian Church of Ghana at Abeka, Accra, on Christmas Day, said, the best way to develop Ghana was to have a bi-partisan and non-partisan ‘Ghana-We-Want Agenda’ which would be embraced and implemented by any political party that came to power.

He added that it was the responsibility of the government to facilitate the development of the ‘Ghana-We-Want Agenda’ through effective consultations with key stakeholders such as religious bodies, civil society organisations (CSOs), political parties, traditional leaders, student groups, academic institutions, business leaders and professional bodies.

“As a nation, we must do an evaluation of where we came from, where we are now and where we want to go. This should guide us in developing our national dream,” he proposed.

According to him, the development of the ‘Ghana-We-Want Agenda’ should be a shared vision and responsibility, with adequate inputs from all sectors of our society that would awaken, co-ordinate and direct people’s efforts, minds and national resources.

“The African Union (AU) is currently developing the ‘Africa-We-Want Agenda 2063’ and we must learn from it and also do deep thinking of the future we want as a nation to reflect that of the 2063 AU Agenda,” he asserted.

Rev. Opuni-Frimpong said most  developed countries got to where they were because they had a national dream.

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“We need to do away with politicising every national issue and begin to dream the Ghana-We-Want the next 50 years through consensus building and a sense of patriotism,” he added.