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www.dailyguideghana.com
By William Yaw
Owusu
Wednesday,
November 23, 2016
Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) Charlotte Osei, has prayed
fervently asking for God’s intervention against any form of violence in the
December 7 general election.
Clad in white apparel, Ms Osei and other female members of the commission,
supported by other women groups, grabbed the microphone and took the elections
before God to elect a president for Ghanaians.
She prayed to God to shame the enemies and allow His (God’s) choice
to win the elections that she is presiding over. “We shall have divine outcome
in the election. You are the God who enthrones Kings. Let your will be done,”
she pleaded.
The EC boss asked God to also take control of the airwaves and social
media and other media outlets to prevent abuses. The media have been urged not to
declare the election results, and the prayer may be directed towards preventing
them from declaring results.
The country’s political temperature is currently high and some political
and security analysts have maintained that the tension has been heightened due
to doubts over the EC’s neutrality in the whole electoral processes.
The selective law enforcement being exhibited by the security
agencies, particularly the police, is also escalating the tension, according to
the NPP.
In spite of the anxiety that has gripped some Ghanaians over
possible violence, the EC boss is optimistic that God will come to rescue the
people of Ghana.
Ms Osei made the intercessory prayer at one of the monthly sessions of
Women’s Aglow Ministry in Accra at the weekend where she prayed for safety of
the commission’s officials, the electoral materials and what was termed as the
‘destructive abuse of social media,’ which the authorities have not hidden
their desire to ban if it became critical.
“Father we declare there shall be no war in Ghana. We shall have a
divine outcome in the elections. … You are the God who enthrones kings… let
your will be done,” she prayed.
Asking God for divine protection for all politicians, the security agencies
and all stakeholders in the December 7 elections, she prayed, “When the enemies
rise to destroy the beauty of the electoral process, frustrate their efforts
and let us have a nation where the righteous will rule.”
Aglow’s National Prayer Director, Gifty Affenyi-Dadzie, led hundreds
of women to offer the intercessory prayers for the country and they also prayed
for God’s protection for the EC boss to supervise a free, fair and transparent
exercise.
Mrs Affenyi-Dadzie drawing inspiration from the Bible, urged the EC
not to be intimidated by individuals and groups who might want to mar the
electoral process and asked her to remain steadfast in the discharge of her
duties.
She, however, asked Mrs. Osei and her commission to put their house
in order to ensure that all temporary staff recruited to assist it at various
levels would not corrupt and compromise the electoral process.
Later, a symbolic pot was broken to signify the divine intervention
of God in all matters relating to violence, bloodshed and deaths before, during
and after the crucial elections.
Mrs Afenyi-Dadzie said, “By breaking this pot and engaging in other
spiritual exercises, we disorganise all forms of organised plans to perpetrate
mayhem during the elections; we break every yoke of misunderstanding and abort
all evil plans against the EC and the sanctity of the electoral process.”
In the course of the symbolic exercise, the EC boss submitted her
prayer request to God, calling for renewed strength and co-operation from
political parties.
She said the EC is up to the task and ready for the crucial elections,
adding that the commission needs the collaboration of all the security agencies
and political parties to ensure a credible outcome.
The EC chairperson and other officials of the women’s group asked
the media to play their gate-keeping role in an objective and balanced manner
in order not to inflame passions.
The congregants tasked the media to always cross-check their facts
with the commission before proceeding to feed the public with any information.
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