The Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Samuel Kofi Dzamesi has denied media reports suggesting government’s intention of building a national shrine for traditional worshipers.
The report attributed to the Minister, had indicated that the construction of a shrine was a step in the right direction since Christian and Islamic faiths in the country will have a national cathedral and mosque respectively.
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“Since I took office, as I said, we have a national mosque and now we are in the process of building a national cathedral. And few times, some traditional groupings have also approached me. There was a group of Wulomɛi [Ga Traditional Priests] who also approached me and actually asked for a traditional shrine,” he’s quoted by GraphicOnline.
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He continued: “I think that since the constitution allows freedom of worship, we will study it very well and see how possible that will also be. We are not ruling out traditional shrines”.
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But the Minister in a reaction on Anopa Kasapa on Kasapa 102.5 FM said the report is false insisting that he’d been misquoted.
“I never said that; what is trending now is a misquotation and that’s not what I said. I never said government is going to build a national shrine as being purported.”
He admitted that indeed there have been several requests for such project, but was quick to add that this was not a priority for government.
Source: kasapafmonline.com
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