Prez Mahama worried over tagging of religious leaders
President John Dramani Mahama has described as unfortunate the partisanship tag some Ghanaians put on religious leaders who pray for him to succeed in his administration.
The situation, he said, underlined the deep partisanship creeping into every fabric of national life to the extent that the church had regrettably entered the fray.
Speaking at a breakfast meeting with senior members of the Clergy at the Flagstaff House Monday, the President said the leadership of the nation was bound to change one day, and the gospel enjoined the clergy to pray for whoever was president at anytime to succeed.
"Leaders will come, leaders will go. John Mahama will go one day and a new leader will be here and it is your duty to pray for that person to lead the country in a righteous way," he said.
The meeting at the seat of government was also used to discuss the organisation of this year's National Day of Prayer.
Caution
President Mahama warned that the nation stood to lose in every sense of the word if the partisanship that had plagued the country was not reversed.
He said the government was willing to partner the churches to successfully organise the National Day of Prayer.
Electricity crisis
Delving into other national issues of concern, the President mentioned the current electricity crisis and explained that it had happened due to the drop in the flow of gas from the West Africa Gas Pipeline.
"The pipelines, this time, are not cut but the volumes of gas that Nigeria is piping to Ghana is woefully inadequate.
"Supply has fallen to almost zero, which has resulted in a drop of 270 megawatts of the national power supply, " Mr Mahama said.
He said he had sent the Minister of Energy to Nigeria yesterday, to work out a resolution of the issue with authorities of the West Africa Gas Pipeline.
"Now we can't predict the volumes of gas coming from Nigeria. This is the reason why I have put focus on delivering our own gas," the President said, adding, that " probably by June or July, we will have full supply in place."
He urged the clergy to use their pulpits to advise their congregations to patronise made-in-Ghana goods.
Prayers
Prayers were said for the President and his family, members of the government, the legislature, judiciary and security services.
Among prominent men of God at the meeting were Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, the Presiding Bishop of the Action Faith Ministries, Rt. Rev. Dr K. Opuni Frimpong, General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Dr Ampiah Kwofie, General Overseer of the Global Revival Ministries and Rt. Rev. Prof Emmanuel Asante, Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Ghana.
