Ghanaian rapper, Kwame Nsiah-Appau who is widely in showbiz as Okyeame Kwame has asked religious leaders in the country to advocate environmental change through sermons they preach to members of their congregation instead of scaring them about hell.
He was speaking at 2019 Global Youth SDG summit when he made these comments stating that sustainable development will be achieved faster if religious institutions go beyond preaching morality and urge members to practice measures that will sustain resources.
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“If the churches will tell the congregants to plant trees, this world would be green,” he said.
Okyeame Kwame also indicated that the reason why most of the people in our part of the world are living poor is based on the fact that most people especially pastors are very ‘selfish’.
He attributed this act to greed and stated that it is the cause of under-development in most communities because people are concerned with satisfying personal desires rather than protecting the environment.
“Can we just decide to be one with this body of ours and this earth that God has gifted us and just live in it as though it is the test to go into the heavens,” he quizzed.
He added that everyone had a role to play and believes that the conversation to achieve the SDGs must go beyond stakeholder participation and involve everyone.
“It must go beyond big English and go down to the streets. We need to have some of the slay queens… because if we get Moesha Buodong to post the SDG messages, 2 billion people will hear it instantly,” he said.
Source: www.ghgossip.com
