The head pastor of Believers House of Worship International, Apostle Abraham Lamptey, has taken a swipe at the Christian Council of Ghana for failing to react to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s ‘you don't vote for me’ comments to victims of the flood caused by the spillage of the Akosombo and the Kpong dams in the Volta Region.
Apostle Lamptey said that the comments made by the president were unfortunate and it is sad that the moral society is not calling it out.
The pastor, who made these remarks while addressing his congregation in a video shared on social media on October 19, 2023, indicated that Akufo-Addo’s remarks were unpresidential and must be condemned.
“... I’m saddened by what is going on. The Christian Council is quiet. I’m a Christian so I would say Christian Council, do I even belong to that? The Peace Council is quiet.
“When your stomach leads you, your destination would be the toilet. You can imagine God saying, excuse my language, because our brothers and sisters who are in Islam are not Christians so he would not supply them with the air to breathe.
“Would we have people to win for him?,” he asked.
He added that Ghanaians who fail to speak up against the evils in the country are endangering Ghana’s future.
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Watch Apostle Lamptey’s remarks in the video below:
What Akufo-Addo said:
Here is what Akufo-Addo told the people of Mepe and other communities in the Volta Region who were affected by the flood:
I need everybody here (to understand) and I hope you take the message all across… that when these things happen and the government acts, politics does not come into the matter at all.
When I took the oath of office as president, I took the oath of office as president for every single individual in Ghana, of all the people in Ghana, all districts.
And whether they voted for me or not, once I have taken the oath of office, I am the president of all the people.
So Togbe, I want the people here, beginning with you and the elders to understand that when something like this happens and the government acts, government is acting for Ghanaians, all Ghanaians.
I came here because Ghanaians are having difficulties and suffering. And it is my responsibility to try and help.
Because if it is the question of counting who votes for me and who doesn’t vote for me? I shouldn’t be here because you don’t vote for me. But that is not my concern. And in any event, one day you would vote for me and my party.
So Togbe, I came here this afternoon to express my sympathies and to commiserate with all the people in the Mepe area. I chose Mepe because this is the area that has been most affected.
We have to also be very grateful for the work of VRA, the preparation they have been making over the years in such a situation, the simulation exercise, and all the things they have been doing to prepare for this including the sensitization.
Because of the good that they have done up until now, by the grace of God, not one single individual has lost his life in this crisis.
Whatever it is within the powers of the government that can be done to alleviate this situation, it is going to be done.
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