'How many shrines exist in Ghana?' - NPP MP questions Chieftaincy minister

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  • BITTER TRUTH 10 months ago

    In 8 years, did the NPP have data on shrines, including the number of fetish priests and priestesses?

    Azui!

  • Santo Oviedo 10 months ago

    Hmmmmmm... just see how the Devil has badly destroyed the brains of these dwindling, mumudacious NPP lunatic MP's..!!! They have been so mesmerized with that bloody election defeat last year that, now their brains have stoppe ...
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  • My views? 10 months ago

    He doesn't even understand the word shrine.

  • Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 months ago

    That was a really very stupid question. How is the number of places of worship relevant to the and success of Ghana? A really stupid question.
    I have known since my study into African Traditional Religion that many Traditio ...
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  • don`t care !!! 10 months ago

    Really, a very stupid question from them, the tribe! I can now see their love and belief in it very much and they are taking over from the Dahomey people... Hmmm! During the death of the Queen Mother of Hmmm, we saw the displ ...
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  • AK 10 months ago

    Frank, you have written a long comment to show your ignorance. Don't you think that we can start from somewhere? Do you know the benefits that the country can derive from having such data? People have been blinded by their su ...
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  • Kwame Abosso 10 months ago

    So what is a shrine ?

  • Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 months ago

    AK, I respect your views and you are entitled to them. The long and short of all I put up is that it is not humanly possible to find and count the number of Deities and places of worship in the country because some of them ar ...
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  • Addo 10 months ago

    Christians don't worship angels nor have shrines for them so your example is out of context.

  • UNCLE PEE 10 months ago

    @Addo, get closer to the Roman Catholics and you notice the number of shrines (grottos) they pay homage to. Mary worship is a typical example. They even offer prayers to so-called saints which was inherited from the Roman Emp ...
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  • plain truth 10 months ago

    Excellent response. I do not understand why contributors are insulting the Requester. It is a valid question.

  • H Aborbi 10 months ago

    I have a different opinion on this issue. The rising number of shrines, mosque and churches should be a matter of concern for public policy, in particular the way some church or mosque leaders especially leaders of the evange ...
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  • Nana Asare 10 months ago

    I was asking myself same question here.
    All religious bodies have shrines hence I was expecting specifics from the MP!

  • Kwaku Tee 10 months ago

    We just don't have data on anything in this country and it's a worrying sign.The MP's question may sound stupid, but if the journalist had taken his time he would realise he was driving at a point.Having so many shrines,churc ...
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  • BITTER TRUTH YOU ASK VERY FOOLISH QUESTION 10 months ago

    SO IF THE NPP DID NOT TAKE RECRDS OF THE SHRINES NDC SHOULD ALSO LEAVE IT THERE. WHERE IS THE DEVELOPMENT WE VOTED NDC FOR? MR. BITTER TRUTH THAT WAS A VERY FOOLISH QUESTION FROM YOUR STUPID HEAD.

  • Kwame Abosso 10 months ago

    How do you define shrine , even school footballers touching a particular pole before playing every match is their shrine. Unless you wants a registered shrine or something which we don’t have . Shrine is believed shhh

  • Big Joe 10 months ago

    There was population and housing census which includes all of this,the minister was wrong and foolish to reply the M P that way,what the minister was to say it's not available now

  • Mawrehene 10 months ago

    No wonder the NPP in 8 years didn't do anything significant for Ghana. When we are thinking about developing the nation, a whole MP thinks we should rather go and count churches and shrines, and that is his contribution to th ...
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  • Santo Oviedo 10 months ago

    Hmmmmm... just see how the Devil has badly destroyed the brains of these dwindling, mumudacious NPP lunatic MP's..!!! They have been so mesmerized with that bloody election defeat last year that, now their brains have stopped ...
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  • TSITSURU 10 months ago

    In fact the NPP is clearly the shoot of the devil itself. This man called Professor Nyarko was in government for the last eight years. What database did they created for shrines? Really the NPP has become the devil incarnate. ...
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  • Paa Rasta 10 months ago

    Some of these MPs needs to go Ashesi university to learn critical thinking. Does these shrines bother anybody? Do we even know the number of vehicles owned by the government. Instead of dealing with the real issues the ...
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  • Paa Rasta 10 months ago

    Fck this idiot and his deeper life . Leave our Shrines alone. If the purpose is to help the people at shrines with sheep's , schnapps and monies , iam all for that. Anything short of that ? Is uncivilized. We goes to churc ...
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  • Kwadwo 10 months ago

    Preach

  • Hahaha very interesting 10 months ago

    The number of registered shrines in the country? Lol

  • JULOR CAESAR 10 months ago

    What a dumb question coming from a Member Parliament. You should rather be asking the government to let Ghanaians know the number of schools under trees across the country instead making noise about worthless junk like shrine ...
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  • AK 10 months ago

    Julor Cesar, indeed your brain has been stolen and you are so blinded that you can't think through issues. The question from the Professor is the tip of the iceberg concerning how important statistical data is so important to ...
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  • Kay 10 months ago

    NDC followers are as usual very stupid ppl.Do you remember that they even rejected GhanaCard when Kufour brought up that idea? Our mothers, sisters and sportsmen visit the shrines when they want to deliver or have broken limb ...
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  • JULOR CAESAR 10 months ago

    NPP thieving looters only know how to loot Ghana government while wasting time in Parliament asking demented village idiot questions. You all make so much noise about being smart, yet you continue to show yourselves as a bunc ...
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  • Mr Samuel 10 months ago

    So why didn't the NPP do dat for the whole eight years ?

  • JULOR CAESAR 10 months ago

    You're just as dumb and useless as that worthless and clueless Member of Parliament wasting precious time in Parliament asking stupid questions that even a village idiot would have known better to ask. Go screw your mama and ...
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  • JULOR CAESAR 10 months ago

    "You're just as dumb and useless as that worthless and clueless Member of Parliament wasting precious time in Parliament asking stupid questions that even a village idiot would have known better not to ask".

  • Pee 10 months ago

    You see how useless the NPP party is. And you send these people to parliament. Twaaaaaaa

  • Samwise 10 months ago

    How did he get the professor title?

  • Akplenyo Markin 10 months ago

    He will soon ask somebody to dance. Red and tramadol MPs. Very useless

  • Achakanapaya 10 months ago

    Kwasia sem nkuaaa.

  • Pius 10 months ago

    Just so he can visit them? Hypocrite!

  • Kolos 10 months ago

    Let all of them REGISTER!!!!
    THERE ARE TOO MANY KILLERS, DESTINY DESTROYERS. THE NEW LAW.....EVERY FESTISH IS ONLY GOING TO GOOD

  • AK 10 months ago

    Very good question. All churches, mosques and shrines need to be registered. Those engaged in commercial activities must be taxed. They must also file their taxes every year.

  • John 10 months ago

    My question is are they having that data under Akuffo Addo, Baeumia government???.We call these people human beings. What kind of question is this. NPP paa nie.useless things all day all night.

  • Truth Table 10 months ago

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  • Atom 10 months ago

    The mp was right. There was this instance where some fetish priests in my region killed someone and buried him under their deities at mafi. So with data on them can help the local government close down the fake ones and give ...
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  • Tatum 10 months ago

    Kingsley Nyarko, how many shrines have you known and be visiting? You can count them yourself.

  • KWAO LAWYER 10 months ago

    Bawumia has this data.

  • Kofi uk 10 months ago

    So this mp is a professor, Waow, no wonder he bribed the EC officers publicly

  • Bob 10 months ago

    What kind of stupid question are you asking, after 8 years did you count them?

  • Martin Luther King 10 months ago

    Stupid question! There is a church in every corner of our country. In schools, in parks, in homes. Have you counted them? Are they all registered??

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  • Bug baba 10 months ago

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  • Jkmee 10 months ago

    In Ghana almost every house has a shrine

  • Dunny 10 months ago

    Foolish question

  • John G. 10 months ago

    The NPP, MP should go to Register General, to ask them that question and for the data, regards to number of shrines in ghana.

  • Agbeli Kumordziì 10 months ago

    Another stupid MP your people sent you to parliament what have he done for his people?

  • JJ KUFFOUR AKUFO ADDO 10 months ago

    As for this Prof. Nyarko, the least said about him, the better. A very slow thinking Prof.

  • ASEMPA 10 months ago

    This Kingsley Nyarko has never spoken sense if the previous Minister had bothered to find out and registered them there would have been documents for the current Minister to use. Was he not the one who was sharing money on el ...
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  • Joe 10 months ago

    I wonder why GTEC is yet to do any work on him. His professorship is questionable, his analysis and mannerism dont add up to- radio debates and the bribe incident at Kumawu.

  • Bbk 10 months ago

    Do these people think before talking?