Kwesi Prat kicks against prayer

The Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has kicked against prayers at work places before work begins and says people must be allowed to express their religious beliefs in their own way.

Kwesi Prat Jnr was reacting to the decision of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) to set up prayer teams to seek for God’s assistance in a bid to win the 2012 general elections.

As part of efforts to win power in the 2012 general elections, the NPP has directed all of its branches across the country to set up prayer groups, both Christian and Muslim, by August 20 to seek divine intervention.

But Mr. Kwesi Pratt said Ghana is a democratic, secular state and it is wrong for any political party in the country to impose religion on its party members.

Kwesi Pratt told Citi FM in Accra that national politics must be free of religion and people who belong to political parties must be allowed to belong to whichever religion they love.

But the Brong-Ahafo Regional Secretary of the NPP, Alfred Ofori Annye disagrees with Prat, saying seeking the face of God in contests can not be described as imposing religion on any one.

Mr. Ofori Annye told Space FM’s Francis Owusu-Ansah in Sunyani that asking God to help you achieve your aim and objective can not wrong. He believes the call by the NPP chief scribe is in the right direction.

Source: Francis Owusu-Ansah, Space FM, Sunyani