Despite the abundance of rich natural resources such as gold, diamond, iron ore, bauxite, manganese, timber, cocoa and rivers and lakes in the country, Ghana and for that matter Ghanaians continue to wallow in abject poverty.
Since independence after Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the country?s state of the economy has continued to fall under successive governments.
This situation, the District pastor of the Jesus Mission Church in Agona Swedru, Rev. Reindhorf Gbekor attributes to the greedy and selfish nature of the country?s politicians to amass wealth for themselves and their family no matter the economic situation, and lack of vision in tackling the problems of the country by these political leaders.
Expressing sentiments on the current economic situation in the country, Rev. Gbekor described the continuous decline of the country?s economy as unacceptable and must therefore not be allowed to continue.
He noted that politicians in the country have failed the people for far too long with their deceptive promises, and that it is now time for members of the Clergy to stand up and vie for leadership positions in the country to remedy the situation.
Though Rev. Gbekor admitted that it is not proper for pastors to engage in front line politics because that could bring division among their congregation, he however stressed that members of the Clergy can still make in-roles in the country?s political landscape without necessarily participating in grassroots politics.
According to him, per their calling and selfless nature, members of the Clergy are in better positions to serve the people without thinking of amassing wealth for themselves at the expense of the suffering masses.
He also described as good the situation where some members of the Clergy are appointed as members of Council of State to advice the president, he said that is not enough as only one member is made to serve in that capacity in a period of a presidential term, and therefore advocated that more men of God must endeavor to contesting for the presidential seat, or at least be appointed to serve in ministerial positions rather than appointing people because of political affiliations.
By Robert Ayanful-The Moment
