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Man of God joins #FixTheCountry demo over members’ inability to pay tithe/offering
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Vida Essel-LampteyThe Head Pastor of the Evangelical Methodist Church, Joshua Kwame Ampadu Cathedral at Asylum Down , Apostle Dr Daniel Adjei on Tuesday join thousands of Ghanaian youth in the #FixTheCountry demonstration in Accra.
According to him, he was propelled to join the demonstration which was to call for a paradigm shift in the country’s governance system because his members were unable to pay tithe and give offering due to the recent hardship in the country.
He indicated he and the youth were not against any political party but were against the bad leadership which had brought untold hardship on Ghanaians including members of his church.
“We are not against NDC or NPP but we are against the bad leadership of this nation, the bad governance of this nation. Now a days, our church members when they come to church they can’t give offering, they can’t pay their tithe because all of our members are broke, there are no jobs in this our nation that is why I have joined this demonstration,” he told journalist in a video sighted by GhanaPlus.com.
‘Nowadays when our church members come to church, they can’t give offering. They can’t pay their tithes because all our members are broke. There are no jobs in this country. That is why I have joined this demonstration.' pic.twitter.com/UHaQjlfXQf
— #TV3GH (@tv3_ghana) August 4, 2021
#FixTheCountry demo hit Accra
Members of the #FixTheCountry campaign, a social media campaign, on Wednesday, August 4, hit the streets of Accra to protest against hardships in the country.
The campaigners, mostly the country’s youth numbering thousands took to the street to demand accountability from government and duty bearer over what they described as bad leadership and governance which had resulted in hardships currently confronting the citizenry.
The campaign begun some month ago, mainly on social media, twitter most especially, and had argued high cost of living, abandoned government projects, the country’s debt stock, lack of basic social amenities, indiscipline, lack jobs for the teaming youth, destruction of lands and water bodies through illegal mining among others and called on the government to fix them to make Ghana a better place worthy of living.
Source: GhanaPlus.com
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