Apostle Eric Nyamekye proposes four ways to build the Ghana we want

A prominent ecclesiastical figure has sketched a comprehensive blueprint for national regeneration, arguing that Ghana’s plague of institutional decay, joblessness and eroding civic commitment demands intervention operating simultaneously across four interconnected domains — the individual conscience, the education apparatus, the religious establishment and the family structure.

Apostle Eric Nyamekye, presiding over the Church of Pentecost, articulated his vision during the 2026 National Day of Prayer held in Accra on Wednesday, July 1, casting the challenge before the nation in terms that transcend the political cycle and appeal to deeper wells of cultural renewal.

The first pillar anchors itself in personal transformation. Nyamekye called for a deliberate “renewing of the mind” — a collective extrication from patterns of wickedness and deceit that have calcified into institutional normalcy.

Before societal structures can shift, he argued, individual hearts must turn toward ethical practice and virtuous conduct. This regeneration at the personal level becomes the foundation upon which broader national development must rest.

The second prong targets the education system. Nyamekye proposed mandatory instruction in civic responsibility and ethical reasoning woven throughout the entire educational trajectory from primary school through university.

Ethics and national development would cease being marginal subjects — treated as electives for the philosophically inclined — and instead become compulsory study for all learners regardless of intended professional specialisation.

Beyond ethics instruction, the Pentecost Chairman urged educational systems to prioritise entrepreneurship training and practical skill development. Young people who graduate possessing both theoretical knowledge and hands-on capability to generate livelihoods need not languish in unemployment queues.

Nyamekye suggested that if educational reform succeeded in equipping at least twenty per cent of graduates with entrepreneurial competencies, that cohort could generate sufficient employment both for themselves and others, materially reducing the nation’s unemployment crisis.

The third intervention addresses the religious institution itself. Nyamekye cautioned churches against an excessive preoccupation with material accumulation and ceremonial elaborateness.

Religious bodies exist to cultivate righteousness in individual adherents — to produce citizens of exemplary character who will then disseminate ethical practice throughout their professional and social domains.

This reorientation would redirect ecclesiastical energy from institutional self-aggrandisement toward the formation of morally grounded persons capable of infiltrating society’s power structures and transforming them from within.

The final pillar focuses upon the domestic unit. Nyamekye emphasised that sustainable moral and social transformation cannot materialise in civic spaces if it remains absent from households.

Family altars — metaphorical expressions of household devotion to ethical principle — must be restored and strengthened.

Christian homes in particular must function as laboratories for virtue, places where children absorb lessons in integrity and patriotism before they encounter a world inclined toward shortcuts and self-dealing.

The Pentecost Chairman concluded with an appeal that mingled urgency with faith:

“May this small body of us new Ghanaians here and beyond be fired up by an unconscionable faith in our mission to reset our values and build the Ghana we want. Let us alter the course of this nation for a better Ghana, forever and ever. Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns us all. God bless Ghana.”

Yaw Opoku Amoako

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