Akwasi Addai Odike, a businessman from Ghana and the founder of the United Progressive Party (UPP), has said that the clergy has been too silent on matters of governance during the current Akufo-Addo administration.
This follows a viral video in which Rev. Solomon Nortey of the Zion Methodist Church in Sakumono was seen criticising the Akufo-Addo-led administration.
The Methodist Pastor claimed that while he supported President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, he now regrets it.
"I voted for President Akufo-Addo before God and men, but I afterwards regretted doing so.
"I was tired of President Mahama's corruption because I witnessed it with my own eyes in Dubai, and I came back from a meeting very upset.
But he said that the Akufo-Addo government has also been less than stellar.
"I stated that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-reign Addo's is the new age that is about to begin. He surprised me with his behaviour when he also arrived, as well.
"We're exhausted; even if you're not, I'm exhausted. Many believe that pastors are exempt from involvement in politics and other matters.
The UPP founder responded to this on CTV's Dwa bre mu on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 by observing that the nation's pastors have been much too mute on matters of governance.
"The Pastors have waited too long to speak up, they have stayed silent," he said to presenter Nana Otu Darko. The Ghanaian pastors are terrified.
majority of them are hypocrites as well; they only want food to fill their tummies. Those pastors who only want to cut get what they can.
Rev. Nortey is currently feeling the heat.
Odike said, "The Pastor claims he was born into NDC; his parents are NDC, but after visiting Dubai to see what John Mahama did with our money, he left NDC and assisted Nana Addo in assuming power. Also present was Nana Addo, who performed worse.
According to the UFP founder, the issue the nation is currently facing is its failure to prioritise the interests of the nation.
"Do you know why? Because we vote for men and place our hopes in them, but we should instead place our hopes in Ghana. We must take all necessary steps to guarantee that Ghana's interests take precedence above all other interests.
It represents our greatest difficulty, Mr. Odike emphasised.
"The Constitution has made us selfish," he said. It has transformed government into "my government," making it personal rather than nationalistic.
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