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By Gifty Amofa<\/p>\n
Accra, Dec. 27, GNA\u00a0\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u00a0The Ghana Police Service has reminded religious leaders to comply with the prophecy communication law to ensure secured environment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A press release signed by Chief Superintendent of Police Grace Ansah-Akrofi, Director of Public Affairs, on the Service\u2019s Facebook page, said believers\u00a0\u00a0should practice their faith within the parameters of the law for a safe and secure environment, free of anxiety generated from predictions of intended harm, danger or death.<\/p>\n
The Police have therefore set aside December 27, annually as the Prophecy Communication Compliance Day to create awareness on the need for religious leaders to practice their faith without flouting the law.<\/p>\n
\u201cA year ago today, December 27, 2021, the Ghana Police Service drew the attention of the general public, especially members of the religious community to the law regarding the communication of prophecies and urged compliance to the law to ensure continuous security and law and order in the country\u201d.<\/p>\n
It said \u201cWe wish to commend the public, particularly religious groups, for their cooperation over the period by being circumspect and conscious of the law and adopting legally acceptable means of communicating prophecies to those affected.\u201d<\/p>\n
This has contributed greatly in creating an environment where people are able to freely profess their faith without unnecessary anxiety and fear of impending harm or death, it said.<\/p>\n
\u201cGhana is indeed grateful to the religious leaders in particular and the religious community as a whole for their patriotic understanding of the situation, the release said<\/p>\n
\u201d As the year 2022 draws to a close, we wish to once again entreat the general public, especially faith-based groups to ensure continuous compliance with the law as it relates to the communication of prophecies.<\/p>\n
Let us continue to remember that whereas we have the right to practise our faith in religion, freedom of worship and speech, this right must not be exercised in violation of the rights of others and the public interest,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
GNA<\/p>\n