CHANGE ATTITUDE TOWARDS NATION BUILDING — AMENU (PAGE 21)

THE Moderator of the Evangelical Presbyterian (EP) Church, Ghana, Right Reverend Francis Amenu, has challenged Ghanaians to change their attitudes as their contribution towards the transformation of the nation.
Addressing the first general assembly of the EP Church in Ho, Rt Revd Amenu said "this newness should be seen in the prompt discharge of our civic responsibilities in the expected payment of our taxes, utilities bills and in our human resource development”.
The four-day conference is on the theme: “Newness in Christ”.
Rt Revd Amenu stated that Ghana as a nation could not afford to continue to depend on the services of hired expatriates in the provision of infrastructure after 52 years of independence.
He, therefore, tasked stakeholders in the educational sector to develop human-centred programmes in the curricula of the various educational institutions to match the global trends.
Rt Revd Amenu called for the re-invigoration of defunct but viable business ventures to end the embarrassing trend of importing basic implements which could be manufactured locally.
He called on the traditional authorities to modernise such outmoded practices as callous widowhood rites, witches’ colonies, child marriages, trial by ordeal and female genital mutilation that negatively affected the human rights of the people.
The Volta Regional Minister, Mr Joseph Amenowode, called on the church to join forces with the state to solve the growing demands of the people.
He also, commended the church’s immense contributions towards nation building, especially in the areas of education, health, agriculture and human resource development.
The regional minister, however, called on the church to venture into other areas as teaching and reshaping the youth to refrain from negative social and economic vices such as prostitution, anal sex, teenage pregnancy, high school drop out, drug abuse, occultism, armed robbery and the get-rich quick attitude.
He reminded Ghanaians that the President’s promise of building a better Ghana implied that everybody would be empowered to make meaningful contributions towards the development of the country.