{"id":329144,"date":"2011-03-22T13:16:26","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T13:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/22\/the-president-is-running-a-state-not-a-church\/"},"modified":"2011-03-22T13:16:26","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T13:16:26","slug":"the-president-is-running-a-state-not-a-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/22\/the-president-is-running-a-state-not-a-church\/","title":{"rendered":"The President Is Running A State Not A Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

When he had his turn to deliver his speech to inaugurate the Berekum Municipal Assembly last week, Mr. Lord Stephen Oppong, the Berekum Municipal Chief Executive, could not for once cease describing President John Atta Mills as a \u201cman of God\u201d.<\/p>\n

This description of the President occasionally made some of the
audience to look at each other\u2019s faces with surprise at this new
description of the President. After the programme the Ghana News Agency caught up with the Municipal Chief Executive and asked him to explain why he kept on referring to the President as a \u201cman of God\u201d in his speech.<\/p>\n

GNA: Why did you keep referring to the President as a \u201cman of God\u201d?<\/p>\n

MCE: Because he is a Christian and every Christian is a man of God.<\/p>\n

GNA: But the President is running a state and not a church.<\/p>\n

MCE: You need not run a church before you call yourself a man of God.<\/p>\n

GNA: Are you a Christian?<\/p>\n

MCE: Yes, I believe so.<\/p>\n

GNA: So do you call yourself a man of God?<\/p>\n

MCE: I believe I am.<\/p>\n

Mr Oppong said the President\u2019s ascendancy to the throne was
supernaturally ordained, adding, \u201cHe is someone who is favoured by God
to carry out divine mandate\u201d.<\/p>\n

Explaining the linkage between the President\u2019s religious beliefs
and his ability to perform effectively as the Head of State, Mr.
Oppong said it was not obligatory that one needed to be a Christian to
be able to deliver effectively as the President of a country.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do believe that all who do things by Christian values and
according to the dictates of God are on the road map to prosperity and
are likely to succeed\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Oppong said leaders are representatives of God who are
expected to meet the aspirations of the people by pursuing agenda
according to what God wants them to do and seek the welfare of the
people they serve on behalf of God.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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