The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has condemned pastors who have displayed religious intolerance in the country.
There are reports that some pastors have urged their colleagues to conscientize their congregation against voting for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia because they can’t sit aloof and allow a Muslim to lead the country.
The decision by the Pastors to display such religious intolerance has brought about division among the clergy, some of whom support the candidacy of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
The president, who was addressing a charged crowd, said, “A pastor has said that Christians should not vote for Bawumia because he is a Muslim. Are Muslims not human beings? Ghana is a religiously tolerant country, and we have coexisted all these years.
We don’t want religious conflict and strife in Ghana. We want religious harmony. We don’t want people who are divisive. People who seek to sow division on religious, ethnic and tribal lines are nation-wreckers of our country. We want people who will encourage the unity and harmony of Ghana, not division.
If you don’t have anything proper to say about your candidate, don’t raise tribal or religious considerations. Ghana is far from that and that is why we are a beacon of peace, of stability, of democratic engagement in the whole of Africa. We don’t want someone who will come and sow discord among us so go out and vote on Saturday and let the world know that Ghanaians are religious tolerant,’ he said.
“Are Muslims not Human beings”
— President Akufo-Addo hits back at so called Christian Pastors pic.twitter.com/mO0UM4ct9s
— Nαɳα Kɯαɱҽ (@NanaKwame_off) December 4, 2024
