The 2024 Flagbearer of the governing New Patriotic Party(NPP), Mahamudu Bawumia has lauded the invaluable contribution of the church to Ghana’s development.
Bawumia believes the church and faith-based organizations can do more if their incentives are enhanced.
Speaking at a meeting with Christian leaders in the Western Region on Thursday(2 May) as part of his campaign tour, Bawumia described the church as Ghana’s foremost development partners.
“If you look at the church, for example, the church has done so much for the country. It has built Schools, hospitals, taking care of people, it’s just phenomenal what the church has done.
“So if you are looking for development partners in our country, they are not the foreigners. The development partners, our number one is the church and their faith-based organizations. How many schools do our development partners build for us?,” he asked.
Bawumia added “How many hospitals do they build? therefore, how can we leverage this and give incentives to the church and to the faith-based organizations for them to do more for us? And this is where I want us to see an enhanced incentive. For our churches and faith-based organizations.”
He has therefore called for a closer collaboration between the church and the government in managing schools in the country.
“And therefore, I want to see a closer relationship. Let us open and see how best some of the churches can help us in the management of our schools, for example,” Bawumia said.
Listen to Mahamudu Bawumia in the attached audio clip below:
Reporting by Fred Dzakpata in Accra
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