Don’t Use Religious Prejudice To Tear Us Apart In 2024 Elections Campaign Us – Dr. Lawrence Tetteh Cautions
GNA, Accra, 11/13/2015 A prominent international evangelist, the Reverend Dr. Lawrence Tetteh, has encouraged religious leaders to avoid utterances that could further polarize the population along religious lines in the run-up to the 2024 general election. He went on to emphasize that irresponsible words would destroy the decades-long peace and admirable interfaith cooperation that the country had experienced and instead lead to violent war. Dr. Tetteh, participating in a panel debate on a national television program, said that Ghana needs a leader who will look out for the interests of all residents.
“We want a president, not a religious leader; we want a leader who can embrace all and sundry to resolve the common challenges we face, and we need to be very careful at this time,” he stressed. My grandfather was a king, therefore he was an Anglican, and my grandmother was a Methodist, so it’s safe to say that Christianity runs in my family. My dad was a Presbyterian, and now he’s in heaven, but my mom is a Methodist, and she’s watching me today. I am a Christian, Charismatic, and Pentecostal, and that should not diminish the fact that we need to bring our nation together,” he concluded. This is not the time to make pronouncements that will just make you popular, so I am also warning my prophetic-minded brothers and sisters. Don’t use the current climate to make yourself more famous by making inflammatory statements or shaming others. He said that God had chosen kings to rule over nations and that whoever became president in 2024 would be carrying out God’s purpose.
He warned that some countries’ peace and socioeconomic growth had been damaged by reckless religious and ethnocentric remarks and that Ghana did not need to make the same mistakes. After the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, was elected as the flagbearer of the ruling New Patriotic Party on November 4, several political activists and social pundits began using religious affiliation as a qualification for the presidency. This is the first time a Muslim has headed a major party (NPP or NDC) under the Fourth Republic leading up to a general election. More than 70% of Ghana’s population identifies as Christian, despite the country’s secular status. The National Chief Imam and other religious leaders in the country work together for the greater good of the nation on issues of peace and economic progress.
