The Reverend
Emmanuel Antwi-Tumfuor, Head Pastor, Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Elom Parish,
Ho-Bankoe has suggested a national dialogue among the political space to work
in unity during the formulation and implementation of national projects.
He explained that it would help inputs for projects to reflect diverse
opinions and avoid the temptation of abandoning them when there was change of
government.
“The decision not to continue with national projects can be attributed to
political expediency, any project taken on the altar of political expediency
has the potential of being abandoned in case of change in government,” Rev.
Antwi-Tumfuor stressed.
Making the suggestion in his Easter message, he
appealed to various authorities, to allow transparency, probity and
accountability underpin any contractual agreements, to forestall any excuse of
reviewing them at the expense of the tax payer.
Rev. Antwi-Tumfuor, who is also the National
Director of Evangelism of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana observed
that “Ghana has lost millions of cedis on abandoned projects, we cannot
allow it to continue, else posterity will not forgive us, waste management
experts must fashion out innovative ways of tackling plastic waste menace.”
He urged the citizenry to continue with the
promotion of waste segregation in homes, churches, schools, offices and the
community as most of the waste mixed together, could be recycled for reuse.
“We need to guard against pursuing tax
policies with heavy dependence on few, broadening of tax net as well as
encouraging tax compliant society, managers of our taxes must avoid flamboyant
lifestyles, which send wrong signals to taxpayers their money is not being
prudently managed.
“Authorities must tap into the expertise of the citizenry to offer better alternatives to deal with power challenge, re-orient our mindset and attitude, where views of experts are judged with political affiliations, if someone perceived to be from an opposition political party is viable option to tackling the energy crisis, the government should not shy away from adopting it for larger national interest.
“The economic loss due to intermittent power outages can be avoided if patriotic citizens are assembled with know-how to proffer workable solutions to energy challenges, demonstrate forgiveness, sacrifice, humility, renewal of hope, self-denial, interest of others first as we collectively explore unity in diversity to accelerate national cohesion,” Rev. Antwi-Tumfuor noted.
-GNA