The Vice-President John Dramani Mahama has predicted that Ghana will go through the 2012 general elections unscathed, saying that next year’s polls will be peaceful and successful as the previous elections.
“Ghana is a blessed nation, we are being touted as a model of democracy and good governance in Africa, therefore, let’s not call curses on ourselves,” he said.
“We have had five successful elections and we will hold a sixth one come 2012,by the grace of God ” he added.
The Vice-President said this , when he joined the Berekum area branch of the Church of Pentecost congregation for the re-opening of the Goka Pentecost Prayer Camp for 2011 in the Jaman North District of the Brong Ahafo Region.
The Goka Prayer Camp, which was established 40 years ago, closes at the beginning of every January and reopens at the end of February.
Mr. Mahama pointed out that there were a lot that Ghanaians should be proud of, though the country was not the richest or the most endowed with natural resources in Africa, citing the stable and peaceful atmosphere prevailing in the country.
"Ghanaians should therefore count their blessings and name them one by one" he stressed.
Likening the government to the way God responds to His children, he noted that government could not respond to the needs of all the citizenry simultaneously just as God did not always answer the supplications and prayers of His people.
The Vice-President emphasized that the limited resources of the government required that the people exercised patience, as some needs were met by day while others’ expectations would be met by night.
He recalled the mass exodus of Ghanaians into Nigeria and La Cote d’Ivoire in the 1970s and 1980s in search of greener pastures “but gradually we are seeing God’s blessings in this country.”
“We should continue to pray to God to lead us to the path that He has chosen for us,” he added.
In his exhortation, Apostle Dr. Opoku Onyinah, Chairman of the Church of Pentecost urged Ghanaians to exhibit the spirit of oneness and reconciliation so as to forge ahead with one accord towards the socio-economic development of Ghana.
The congregation later prayed for peace and prosperity in Ghana and for normalcy to return to strife-threatened Cote d’Ivoire, which has been plunged into electoral dispute.
Story: Office Of The Vice President
25/2/11
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