COVID-19: It’s safer to open churches than markets, banks – Pastor Ransford Obeng
Head Pastor of the Calvary Charismatic Centre (CCC), Pastor Ransford Obeng believes President Akufo-Addo’s partial reopening of churches in the country in spite of the growing number of cases of COVID-19 in Ghana is apt. The request of the Kumasi-based mega church leader had earlier made a case ahead of the president’s h Sunday nights broadcast; his first since he extended restriction on public and social life by 3 weeks on the night of his 9th address on May 10. Restrictions on social and public gatherings including all school sessions, religious group activities, festivals, sports and political rallies have been in force since March 16, 2020; all the country’s entry points by sea, land and air have also been closed to human traffic as part of measures to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus. Opinions were divided as to whether or not the president would take the bold step to ease restrictions further by allowing school sessions to resume or give in to the demand of the cle...