The Ghana Charismatic Bishops’ Conference has expressed disappointment with the lack of consultation from the state before a ban was slapped on all religious activities and some public gatherings in the country following the novel coronavirus outbreak.
It said it was unfortunate that groupings like the Ghana Charismatic Bishops’ Conference, the National Association of Charismatic & Christian Churches, and Ghana Pentecostal Council were not engaged before the new directives were given by the state
In a statement, the conference said “the arbitrary closure of churches and places of worship without consultation or discussion for 4 weeks, smacks of a disregard of the importance of the church’s role in the country.”
“This disregard of the place of this powerful social and religious institution, to which over 70% of Ghanaians belong, is wrong,” the statement added.
The conference also questioned lapses in the government’s directive which excluded “places of intense social interactions”.
The directive has however been welcomed by a number of other church groupings.
The new directives on public gatherings come after the increased cases of novel coronavirus in Ghana. Ghana has so far detected six cases of the novel coronavirus, four of which were announced on Sunday.
Three of the newest cases were recorded in Accra while one other was recorded in Obuasi in the Ashanti Region.
Source:Fiilafrmonline/CitiNews
