The Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG) has refuted recent media reports suggesting that its outgoing moderator, Rt. Rev. Prof. Obiri Yeboah Mante, stated that Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia serves as a unifying figure between Islam and Christianity in Ghana.
The PCG according to a report by myjoyonline.com has clarified that the moderator never made such a statement
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A statement from the Church clarified the matter, saying, "The PCG wishes to clarify that the Moderator did not make such a statement and has not expressed any such sentiment in any of his addresses, contrary to the circulating article on various social media platforms and in other publications.
“The PCG by this statement is making it clear that the Moderator did not make such a statement and has not made any statement of that nature anywhere as the article on social media and other newspapers and portals are seeking to portray.”
“The Moderator in his five minutes and fifty-eight seconds speech, thanked the Vice President for his support to the Church, and also stated that the government had made pledges to donate buses to some institutions of the church. He, therefore, appealed to the Vice President to ensure that government redeems those pledges,” the statement elaborated.
The Church took the opportunity to underscore its apolitical stance and urged Ghanaians to avoid involving the institution in partisan politics.
“Earlier on, the Moderator through a communique had told the government that although they are working very hard, Ghanaians are still suffering and so they ought to do something about it. These are the things that the Moderator said. Please kindly take the Moderator out of this unfruitful partisan politics.”
While acknowledging Vice President Bawumia as someone who upholds religious tolerance and unity, the Church emphasized that the records must be set straight.
“The Moderator has no problem to describe the Vice President as religiously tolerant and a unifier, but the records must be set straight that on Sunday he did not make that statement,” the statement concluded.
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