The Council of Traditional Priests and Priestesses held its first-ever congress at the Art Centre in Accra where it made a passionate appeal to the government to ensure equality in the religious space.
The union which is made up of traditional priests and priestesses share worry over the divisive nature of most pastors in the religious space.
It is in the wake of this that this crop of spiritual folks has joined forces to fight for equal rights.
Naa Borley Wulu II is the Marine Queen of Ghana. She speaks with the media.
Togbe Havor Kavatsa questions why some would try to judge others while the bible does not permit such. He notes the African is sadly foregoing his inheritance and that, it is not too late to revisit the books for total liberation.
With Nana Bremah Akenteng if it were possible, pastors would have collapsed the traditional way of worship since they have always spoken ill of it.
The time, according to her, is right for them (priests and priestesses) to wake up and fight for their rights.
President of the council, Nii Abo Commey Gbaku said a people is well defined by, among other things, what they believe in. Ignoring such an indigenous way of life results in chaos. Nii Gbaku was concerned about the negative impact of the contemporary way of tapping into any form of foreign lifestyle.
He re-echos the need for equal rights in all aspects of our society. That way sanity and fairness shall see their peak for peaceful co-existence.
By: Daniel Asuku/Rainbowradioonline.com
