Koforidua, Feb 17, GNA- Mr. Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the Eastern Regional Minister, has said that the negative events unfolding in Ghana needed the intervention of God to halt further occurrences.

He mentioned the spate of fire outbreaks that had gutted important national assets such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) and the latest being the residence of the former President Rawlings as a mystery that needed the intervention of God.

The Regional Minister who was speaking when a team of the "Healing Jesus Crusade" led by Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, an international evangelist, paid a courtesy call on him and members of the Regional Coordinating Council at the residency in Koforidua indicated that human efforts had limitations. He therefore called on the clergy to offer special prayers of intervention and spiritual support to the nation in these trying moments to overcome the challenges it was facing.

Mr. Ofosu-Ampofo described the call as a "double portion" since it marked his fist year in office.

He said he believed that the position he was holding came from God and for that matter he had built a close relationship with the Christian community and relied on their spiritual support through all his deeds. Bishop Heward-Mills said the message of the crusade was to preach repentance from idol worshipping and for people to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour.

He said every part of the world that accepted the message had succeeded in their development but those who refused were facing difficulties signaling the power of the Creator and the need for all to trust in him. He was accompanied by the head pastors of the Koforidua Local Council of Churches and Leaders of the Light House Chapel International.

The Ahenemahene of New Juaben, Nana Siriboe Boateng, who represented Daasebre Oti Boateng, the Omanhene, recalled that when their ancestors settled in New Juaben in 1875, there was no church until 1884 when the Methodist Church established one with a school. He said as the church moulded the character of the people, the school also offered training for them to become useful to the society and appealed to the Bishop to consider establishing a university in Koforidua. 17 Feb.10