Outspoken Director at the Centre for European Studies (CES) of the University of Ghana, Prof. Ransford Gyampo, has descended on Ghanaian politicians for their inability to make certain decisions in the interest of the country should it be against religious bodies.

According to him, Ghana needs a bold leader to take strong decisions even if they will go against religious institutions in the country.

His comment follows the closure of about 6,000 churches in Rwanda recently as part of President Paul Kagame’s efforts to sanitize the religious atmosphere in his country.

Mr Kagame explained that the churches were being led by fake, dimwitted, and uneducated people who called themselves men of God, with the aim of fleecing their followers.

Commenting on this on his Facebook page on Sunday, 6 May, Prof Gyampo said: “Ghana: A nation where even the highly-educated refuse to think and submit to the exploits of toddler-magicians who parade themselves as pastors. Even in the days of Prof Hindu, the state asserted its sovereignty.

“Paul Kagame, you are not irreligious. You are just a wise and proactive leader. No wonder Rwanda, that country that suffered serious genocide, bounced back and is doing far better than Ghana.

“Our political elites are ideologically bankrupt and they admit that they don't have the message to win power or sustain themselves in power. They, therefore, consult ‘pastor-magicians’ secretly, at all times. This is the source of the impunity with which certain social deviants who call themselves pastors, exploit some ignorant Ghanaians and abuse them.

“The Police, the lawyers, the CSO leaders, the executive, the MPs, the judges, ‘the-everybody’ consult them. So, they seem helpless as these magician-pastors go about abusing and milking some ignorant people.”