Former Prisons Director General honoured
A cleric at the weekend urged pastors to desist from making “false predictions” on the outcome of the election petition hearing at the Supreme Court.
The Very Reverend Dr Frederick Akakpo, said such predictions had the tendency to derail the peace of the nation, and is also tantamount to contempt.
The Very Rev Akpakpo gave the advice at a ceremony in Accra, at which the Pan African Clergy Council and Bible Seminary conferred on Mr Richard Kuuire, former Director General of the Ghana Prisons Service, and Rev Calvin Samuel Agbotse, a Presidential Aide, honorary doctorates.
Mr Kuuire received an honorary doctorate in the humanities whilst Rev Agbotse was offered a doctorate degree in divinity.
The Very Rev Akpakpo said the petition hearing is already having a toll on the economy and giving negative signals to investors.
He said peace had no substitute, and political disputes only send investors away.
The Very Rev. Akpakpo asked workers not to watch the live telecast of the hearing during working hours, explaining that it reduces productivity.
He urged the recipients of the academic awards to be spurred on to do more in the service of God and humanity.
The Guest of Honour, Rev Prof Seth Andrew Aryettey, former Member of the Ghana Prisons Council, commended the laureates, and praised God for the “wonderful ways he had directed their ways.”
He said the chief aim in life is to give glory to God, and described Mr Kuuire, with whom he served on the Prisons Council as “a man of vision, strategic thinker and a realist.”
“He demonstrated good leadership working closely with his colleagues,” Rev Prof Aryettey, said.
The Rev Prof Aryettey said Mr Kuuire, a lawyer and management consultant, and until recently Corrections Policy Officer at the United Nations Headquarters has distinguished himself in his international career.
On the achievements of the Rev Agbotse, a Minister of the Gospel, with a double masters degree, and former Assistant Co-ordinator of the National Prayer and Thanksgiving Service, Rev Prof Aryettey said : “his contributions to national life are obvious”.
The Rev Prof Aryettey called for excellence in all activities of human endeavour, saying, “it is my prayer that all of us here will be gold for Christ. May you reveal the greater glory of our Lord Jesus Christ”.
Mr Kuuire dedicated his award to his late parents, who he said, were never in formal school, but saw him and his eight siblings to school.
Mr Agbotse dedicated his award to his late mother.
It was all joy as the people in attendance, including former ministers of state; John Tia and Moses Asaga, danced to songs provided by the Prisons Interdenominational Church Band.
Source: GNA