Wednesday 29th August, 2018
The closed-door
breakfast meeting, which was attended by leaders from the Orthodox, Charismatic,
Pentecostal churches and representatives of the National Chie
Accra, Aug. 29, GNA –
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday met the clergy at the
Jubilee House in Accra to address issues of national interest and to deepen the
harmonious relations between the Government and religious bodies.
The closed-door
breakfast meeting, which was attended by leaders from the Orthodox, Charismatic,
Pentecostal churches and representatives of the National Chief Imam, according
to a usually reliable source, centred on the issues bothering on the economy,
education, taxation of the commercial aspects of church activities, to the
controversy on the vexed issues of the building of the National cathedral.
The source hinted
that the meeting agreed on the need to tax religious bodies on the commercial
aspects of their activities, and the necessity to establish a regulatory body
to streamline the activities of religious bodies.
According to the
Source, the President apprised the religious leaders at the meeting on the
merits of the Government’s Free Senior High School educational policy, and the
double-track system scheduled to introduce in September.
The President, the
source revealed, spoke frankly with the clergy on the need for all sections of
the Ghanaian society to support the government’s vision of creating a
prosperous and modern country, with equal opportunities for all people.
“The President
was very clear and unambiguous in the discussions at the meeting…and we were
also very clear on what we also thought, and hopefully, we will begin to see
some positive outcomes as a results of our meeting with him this morning,” the
source said.
GNA