The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) has explained that it will not be a misplaced priority for the Ghana government to construct a national shrine.
The CCG said the fact that Christians do not believe in traditional religion does not mean traditional believers do not have the right to demand for what is due them.
Samuel Kofi Dzamesi, Minister for Chieftancy and Religious Affairs on Wednesday announced that the government is considering plans to build a national shrine for traditional leaders.
According to him, the construction of a national shrine would not be unrealistic since the Islamic and Christian faiths in the country have a national mosque and national cathedral respectively.
“Since I took office, as I said, we have a national mosque and now we are in the process of building a national cathedral. And few times, some traditional groupings have also approached me. There was a group of Wulomɛi [Ga Traditional Priests] who also approached me and actually asked for a traditional shrine,” he said.
Addressing the issue on Onua FM’s Yen Sempa , the General Secretary of the CCG, Rev. Dr. Cyril G. K. Fayose, said: “Ghana is largely a Christian country. It is also a multi-religious country, so we do not have only Christian, we have Muslims, and traditional religions”.
“So if we have a national mosque and a national cathedral, I don’t think it’s a misplaced priority to have a national shrine.”
Rev. Dr. Fayose said “they have the right to ask. They are all evangelistic religions and they all want to convert people into their religions”.
“For us as Christians, our goal is evangelize the whole world so as the Muslims and may be traditional religions,” he explained.
By Emmanuel Amewugah, Daily Mail GH
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