Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Madam Charlotte Osei, has earnestly called on God to let His will in the upcoming general elections prevail.
At the monthly prayer session organised by the Women’s Aglow Ministry to seek God’s intervention for peaceful and violence-free election, the EC Chair prayed for the safety of electoral commission officials and electoral materials and prayed against any destructive abuse of social media.
The event was captured by Church of Pentecost's TV channel, Pent TV.
Asking God for divine protection for all politicians, the security agencies and all stakeholders in the December 7 elections, she beseeched; “when the enemies rise to destroy the beauty of the electoral process, frustrate their efforts and let us have a nation where the righteous will rule”.
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Hundreds of women gathered at the forecourt of Parliament House in Accra last Saturday to offer special prayers for the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), and five officials of the commission who graced the event.
Led by its National Prayer Director, Mrs Gifty Affenyi-Dadzie, the group offered intercessory prayers for the country and called on God to strengthen all stakeholders in the electoral process to make them act responsibly in the discharge of their duties.
Prayer for EC Chairperson
The spirit-filled congregants directed their prayer at Mrs Osei, calling on God to give her the courage to be strong in applying the electoral rules in a fair, firm and transparent manner in the interest of national unity.
Mrs Affenyi-Dadzie, drawing inspiration from the Bible, urged the EC not to be intimidated by individuals and groups who might want to mar the electoral process.
She, however, asked the electoral body to put its house in order to ensure that all temporary staff recruited to assist it at various levels did not corrupt the efficiency of the electoral process.
In a charged and electrifying atmosphere, a pot was broken to symbolically signify the divine intervention of God in all matters relating to violence, bloodshed and death that might arise in the course of the elections.
Amid the tooting of animal horns, the leadership of the group, joined by the gathering, sprinkled “special water” on the grounds of the event to indicate that the country would witness peace after the December 7 polls.
“By breaking this pot and engaging in other spiritual exercises, we disorganise all forms of organised plans to perpetrate mayhem during the elections; we break every yoke of misunderstanding and abort all evil plans against the EC and the sanctity of the electoral process,” Mrs Afenyi-Dadzie declared.
Prayer for divine protection
Humbled by the spiritual exercise, a visibly confident Mrs Osei submitted her prayer request to God, calling for renewed strength, co-operation from political parties and the protection of all electoral materials.
She gave a firm indication that the EC was up to the task and that it needed the collaboration of all the security agencies and political actors to ensure that the outcome of the elections would be credible.
The EC Chairperson and other officials of the women’s group asked the media to play their gate-keeping role in an objective and balanced manner in order not to inflame passions.
The speakers observed that the crucial nature of the elections required media personnel who would adhere to the principles of cross-checking facts and reporting on issues with a sense of responsibility.
Background
As the December 7 polls draw closer, political parties have intensified their campaigning. However, there are reports of pockets of violence in some parts of the country, including clashes at Odododiodoo in Accra, Wulensi in the Northern Region and other areas.
These violent clashes have left the public wondering about the peace of the country during and after the elections.
It is in the light of the above that the Aglow Women’s Ministry set aside the day to pray for the peace of the nation.
Source: Peacefmonline.com/Ghana with additional files from Daily Graphic
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in fact charlotte osei you are the number one suspect to rig this election for your ex. but should you try .....?
We don't trust you. You've revealed you true nature already. You are the devilllll's incarnateeeeeeee. God will punishhhhh you.
If you confess your sins God will forgive us, let the almighty bless EC thoughts / prayer for it to come to pass
Well chosen-word prayer. However, please, chairperson of EC follow your officials closely for them not to be perpetrators of election rigging. And you yourself are to go by the prayer.
PROVERBS 29:2 "WHEN THE RIGHTEOUS ARE IN AUTHOURITY, THE PEOPLE REJOICE: BUT WHEN THE WICKED RULE, THE PEOPLE MOURN." MAD. CHARLOTTE OSEI, GOD WILL ANSWER YOUR PRAYERS.THE PRAYERS OF OUR GOD FEARING LADIES WILL BE ANSWERED.ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO DERAIL OR DISRUPTING THIS PROCESS BY RIGGING THIS ELECTION WILL BE EXPOSED. THE BATTLE IS THE LORD'S.
Mrs. Osei, when the righteous rule, thee is progress in the life of a nation. Looking at the state of Ghana, are we being led by a righteous president with more than 23 children with multiple women and still counting? What about the economic, social, and moral corruption in leadership including your quest in aiding the decay in our dear nation. My prayer for you is for God to deliver you from any pact you have committed yourself which is not of God. May God listen to your prayer in regard to righteous person to lead the country not according to your will, but according to the will of the people by the power of the thumb. The voice or thumb of the people is that of God.
wow....this woman is really not that serious. Its her responsibility to make sure that this election is run fair, but I seriously doubt that will happen. The voters will determine who leads the country come 2017, if everything goes according to the book of real democracy and not the mockery we make of it in Ghana!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA....
Since you have taken part as a woman first and as EC chair ,may the LORD grant you wisdom ,grace ,understanding and bless you.Jos 1:1-7 .Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law
This is the problem in choosing a woman as the EC Chairperson. Instead of being in her office or any other place working for a free and fair elections, she is, like any typical Ghanaian woman at a prayer session calling on God. Dr. Afari Gyan, Ghana will always remember him, even his haters; the NPP.