‘Ban’ On Pouring Libation At State Functions Can Alienate Ghanaians -Ursula

The lack of libation prayers during Ghana’s 54th Anniversary celebration at the Independence Square on Sunday, 6th March, continues to raise a lot of eye brows. Though no official reasons have been assigned for the apparent halt in pouring of libation at State functions, some individuals believes it was a deliberate attempt by government to impose the President’s Christian beliefs on everybody.

President Mills on Sunday, March 13 lead Ghanaians in the Second National Thanksgiving Service, during which he declared that “God is the President of Ghana” and urged Ghanaians to continuously pray for the country.

Vice President of FIDA International, Ursula Owusu has reiterated on Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana show that the ‘ban’ on pouring of libation at state functions can alienate sections of the Ghanaian populace.

She said though widely acknowledged that God is sovereign, Ghana is a secular state hence respect must be given to all religious beliefs.

“I think that Ghana being a secular state, we ought to respect all the religious beliefs of the people of this country and so if some people are raising concerns about the disappearance of the pouring of libation from our state functions, we opt to be concerned because it is not everybody in this country who is a Christian,” she noted.

She noted that libation pouring is not evil, adding that it forms an intrinsic part of Ghanaian culture and customs which ought to be celebrated as unique.

Ursula Owusu, who is aspiring to be the Parliamentary aspirant for the NPP in the Ablekuma South Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, stressed that despite her belief in God and the fact that Ghana needs prayers; prayers cannot be substitute for hard work.