THE EASTERN Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has asked religious leaders to assist the government to get rid of Internet fraud and other devilish activities which people engage in to get rich overnight.
He also appealed to parents to question the sources of income of their children since it was mostly the youth who were normally involved in such acts.
Mr Ofosu Ampofo made the appeal when he addressed three congregations in the region on Sunday.
The occassions were a send-off service for the Reverend Clement Oboh of the Koforidua branch of the Full Gospel Church International who had been transferred to Accra, the 10th anniversary of the Men Fellowship of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, also at Koforidua, and the elevation of Reverend Emmanuel Joseph Badu as the head of the newly–created Kyebi District of the Assemblies of God Church.
According to the Regional Minister, although the government was doing its best to tackle the ‘Sakawa’ menace physically, it needed the support of the churches to take up the spiritual aspect of it, adding that the concerted effort of the two bodies would go a long way to deal with the issue.
He stated that it was unfortunate that some of the churches were focusing primarily on the acquisition of material wealth as a result of which many young persons had resorted to Internet fraud and other devilish ways of getting rich overnight, which he said often affected them negatively.
With regard to the environment, he said river, sources such as that of the Densu river were being polluted by illegal gold miners with dangerous chemicals while the vegetation cover was also disappearing fast due to wanton destruction, and that churches must include environmental degradation in their preaching to drum home the need for environmental preservation.
At the EP Church, the Principal of the EP seminary at Peki, the Rev (Dr) S.S. Agidi, asked Christians to be sensitive to the needs of one another and also follow the footsteps of Jesus Christ.
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