Kumasi mayor advises clergy to use pulpit to preach cleanliness
Osei Assibey Antwi, the Mayor of Kumasi in a speech has told drawn the attention on the need for the clergy to use the preaching pulpits to call on Ghanaians, especially the Kumasi residents to uphold the laws of the state.
The Mayor said this when he joined some churches in the Kumasi Metropolis at the 31st all-night service to usher in the New Year.
According to Him, the state of lawlessness is gaining grounds in Kumasi. The citizens have chosen to avoid payment of taxes and have been indiscriminately dumping refuse everywhere in the city.
As he describes it as “uncivilised and ungodly attitude” cannot be brought to a stop without the involvement of the clergy who act as ambassadors and lead crusades through the usage of pulpits as most of the citizens of Ghana happen to be Christians.
Mr Antwi continued by stating that most Christians choose to pay their tithes at the church but however refuse to pay taxes which is used for developmental projects in the country.
He said, “The reason why the residents of Kumasi need a change of mindset is that, last year, the whole country, when you are looking for a city whose residents did not pay tax for the city to get revenue, Kumasi was last. So, what has happened all of a sudden, stubbornness has taken hold of Kumasi. [This] is lawlessness because if you pay your tithes and you refuse to pay taxes, you haven’t done anything good”.
Ash town Baptist Church, New Tafo Church of Pentecost and Assemblies of God church at Kwadaso Nsuom, are among the churches he visited.
He chipped in by saying Kumasi used to be the garden city of West Africa and its environment was very serene, however, the situation is not the same as it used to be due to the uncouth attitudes of some residents of the city who dump rubbish around in the city.
He exhibited in his actions how surprised he was to see some residents, most of who are traders making trips to countries like Singapore, China, Dubai and others do not dare to litter those countries but would rather prefer to dump rufuse uncontrollably in their own country.
He ended by giving a word of advice to the law abiding citizens to keep up with the good habit of maintaining the cleanliness of the city adding that the assembly will be unveiling “Operation Keep the City Clean and Green” in the cause of the year which will require the help of every resident to make it a success.
Ghanaguardian.com
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