Prof Ransford Gyampo of the University of Ghana, has said Ghana needs a leader who can think and act like the president of Rwanda, Paul Kagame.
His comment follows the closure of about 6,000 churches in Rwanda recently as part of Kagame’s efforts to sanitise the religious atmosphere in his country.
Mr Kagame explained that the churches were being led by fake, dimwitted, and uneducated people who called themselves men of God, with the aim of fleecing their followers.
Commenting on this on his Facebook page on Sunday, 6 May, Prof Gyampo said: “Ghana: A nation where even the highly-educated refuse to think and submit to the exploits of toddler-magicians who parade themselves as pastors. Even in the days of Prof Hindu, the state asserted its sovereignty.
“Paul Kagame, you are not irreligious. You are just a wise and proactive leader. No wonder Rwanda, that country that suffered serious genocide, bounced back and is doing far better than Ghana.
“Our political elites are ideologically bankrupt and they admit that they don't have the message to win power or sustain themselves in power. They, therefore, consult ‘pastor-magicians’ secretly, at all times. This is the source of the impunity with which certain social deviants who call themselves pastors, exploit some ignorant Ghanaians and abuse them.
“The Police, the lawyers, the CSO leaders, the executive, the MPs, the judges, ‘the-everybody’ consult them. So, they seem helpless as these magician-pastors go about abusing and milking some ignorant people.”
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HAS THIS KNOW- ALL PROFESSOR BEEN STOPPED FROM RUNNING AS A PRESIDENT IN GHANA? YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO THE ACADEMIA. YOU ARE AT LIBERTY TO MIGRATE TO RWANDA SO GIVE US A BREAK. SOMETIMES YOUR BIASES AND POLITICAL LENSES CLOUD YOUR THINKING. DID YOU EVER CRITICIZE RAWLINGS WHEN HE WAS IN POWER? YOU CAN EASILY BE THE FLAGBEARER OF THE N.D.C IF YOU WANT BECAUSE YOU THINK LIKE THEM AND SUPPORT THEM
As i read this caption the first thought that came to mind is Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. Mathew 13:24-30. Verse 30 says let both grow until teh harvest. i know some of teh finest churches we have today were started by non graduates but faithful christians and they have become teh light of this nation today. can you imagine if it has been clamped or banned because the people did not have degrees then. In the first place who is President Kigame in spirituality to determine a fake church from a good on and making decisions as to which ones to be banned. That action is the beginning of state control of Churches and worship. Look at Russia and the state of of the church. The good professor should rather pray for Rwanda. and know that Christ said I will build my Church. It does not lie in the hand of Kigame to protect the church. at any rate those who attend those churches do so voluntarily and i believe the state does not support them when they cannot feed themselves. Please let us be free to worship. My Thoughts
The same person who will come out and condemn a President who attempts to act dictatorially, is asking our President to be a dictator. You can't have things both ways - eat your cake and still have it.
Prof is just emotional, his post has shown how shallow he thinks. How can he compare Ghana and Rwanda, when we are practicing the rule of law, they are rather doing polished authoritarianism. Just tune ur radio to the Rwandan services and tell if ppl are given the opportunities given u to comment on national issues. Devt is not only physical structures o, prof,. U are too enlightened to just throw tantrums. U did not try koraa.
Rwanda is no match for Ghana and the type of leaders we have. Not attempting to sanitize our religious atmosphere is not proof of inefficiency. No gov't can do it all for the people. That is why they are providing education for us. WE need to think before we act, gov't can't do this for us. Prof, I totally disagree.
Do you think Paul is using Democracy to rule his people? His style of dictatorship will not work in Ghana. Is Paul a Law to himself to close down 6000 churches? Have you find out how his people are being denied basic human right? Let any President in Ghana tried to close down 6000 churches and let's see what will happen. You sit at the Universities with your PHD and Professorship and always talking. what impact have you made yourself to your students whom you are channing out yearly. or What have you done for Ghana. Even Apostle safo has build something and making great impact.
The prof is on point in a nation where the educated refuse to think the vultures take over.kudos prof
Paul Kagame and Rwanda can never become the model for Ghana. We are far ahead of them, stop that comparison.
What a professor!!! This guy makes pursuing a PhD. very unattractive!! Who at all we’re his teachers??!!