Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi
THE
CHRISTIAN Council of Ghana (CCG) has expressed its displeasure at ethnocentric comments
about women from some ethnic groups made recently by Emmanuel Badu Kobi,
Founder and General Overseer of the Glorious Wave Ministries International
Church.
Prophet
Badu Kobi told his congregation that Fante women were ‘foolish’ sometimes, while
Ewe women were ‘doormats’. In the case of Ashanti women, he described them as evil,
heartless, greedy and unsuitable for marriage.
A
statement issued by the CCG and signed by its General Secretary, Rev. Dr. Cyril
Fayose, said: “The Christian Council of Ghana wishes to state to the general
public that such comments amount to gender discrimination and tribal division
and should not be entertained in the country. We, therefore, wish to condemn
those statements in no uncertain terms and affirm that such statements do not
represent the views of Christianity and the Church in Ghana.”
“The
Council wishes to state that all stakeholders must work hard to preserve our
national cohesion and identity as one people, our rich diversity should be
harnessed for the development of our nation and not to be used as a tool for
division. The CCG wishes to appeal to pastors in the nation to use their
pulpits to unite Ghanaians and not divide us on tribal, gender or religious
lines. Ghana is one united nation that should be bonded in love and peace.
“We,
therefore, wish to reiterate our condemnation of the statement by Prophet Badu
Kobi, including any statement that divides our nation on tribal, political,
religious or gender lines.”
The
CCG further emphasised: “The tribal and gender comments made by Emmanuel Badu
Kobi of the Glorious Wave Church International during a church sermon in his
church in which he ascribed certain negative traits to women of certain tribes
in the nation are unfortunate.”
In
an interview with Class FM, an
Accra-based radio station, the General Secretary stated: “What he (Prophet
Kobi) did was not right … We will not encourage anyone to
take the law into their own hands and behave in any untoward manner.”
According
to him, such statements have the tendency not only to disturb the peaceful coexistence
being enjoyed by Ghanaians currently but also to cause more damage to society.
He
suggested to Prophet Kobi to apologise to all especially the women from the
tribes whom he had attacked.
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