Reverend Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, the General-Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, has entreated Ghanaians to accept ex-convicts into their homes, saying it was difficult for the church to even contract marriages for them.
Rev. Dr Opuni-Frimpong, also a member of the Ghana Prisons Council, said this at the inauguration of the Governing Council of the Service in Accra.
“We have challenge with public acceptance of prisoners who had served their jail term, prisoners that had been reformed and even learnt certain trades in our prisons come out and family members and society are not ready for them”.
“Sometimes churches are guilty and ex-convicts come and we are not even ready to let them marry certain innocent girls and we need to respond to that,” he stated.
Rev. Dr Opuni-Frimpong expressed optimism that the Council would mobilise funds to support the Efiase Project, which was initiated by the previous administration in order to give it a new face to meet the set objectives.
The Efiase Project is an initiative of the Prison Service Council to create awareness about prison conditions and raise funds from corporate Ghana, institutions and individuals to improve the conditions of prisons and transform them into reformation centres.
Rev. Dr. Opuni-Frimpong called for support from the various stakeholders to mechanise the agricultural project being undertaken by the Prison Administration as well as getting marketing companies to market and accept produce from the Service to enhance their financial resources.
He noted that the Government attached great importance to human dignity and rights, therefore it would work assiduously for the Service to get new prison facilities and relocate old ones to appropriate places as directed by the government.
He gave the assurance that the Council would prepare grounds for professional training and re-training of prison personnel so that they could offer the required training to inmates as required by international conventions.
On behalf of the Council members, he thanked the President for the confidence reposed in them and gave the assurance that they would work diligently to meet their mandate.
“We are ready to serve our country and God so call us anytime and we will be there,” he said.
Source: GNA
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I want to ask if the Reverend Minister has daughters or sons who are of marriageable age.To lend credence to his verbal call he will do very well to let his daughter or son marry an ex-convict since leadership by example is more convincing than any other type of leadership.To give a suggestion he should let his daughter marry a convicted armed robber or ***barred word*** who has "learned a trade"whilst serving in prison.Good Luck!
Rev can give them his kids to marry or arrange for his church members to take up the offers