Rev. Opuni Frimpong proposes national celebration after coronavirus outbreak

Executive Director of the Alliance for Christian Advocacy Africa, Rev Dr. Kwabena Opuni Frimpong, has suggested the need for a nationwide celebration at the end of the coronavirus Pandemic.

This according to him will make up for the 2020 Easter celebrations.

A ban has been placed on public gatherings due to the outbreak of coronavirus and in effect has ruined this year’s Easter festivities.

The usual church conventions, family get-together, travels and so on will not be witnessed in adherence to the social distancing directives by government.

But the former General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana suggests that after the pandemic takes leave of the world, Christian leaders must in consultation with the Presidency, fix a period for a national celebration to make up for the lost Easter festivities.

“We can decide that for some reason this year, we cannot celebrate Easter on Friday and Monday but we will listen to our leaders and our professionals. But after this, the Christian leaders must come together to do a symbolic celebration. That what we could not do on Easter Friday, what we could not do on Easter Sunday, as a nation, and that one should be done with our leaders, with the office of the President, this is a national, Ghanaian celebration that what we could not do on 10 and 12 April, we are doing on this period,” he indicated.

Meanwhile, Christians today, amidst the coronavirus outbreak are celebrating Good Friday, the start of Easter, which marks the sacrifice Jesus Christ made for their salvation on the cross of Calvary.

Many churches are offering their members live streaming options so they can observe Good Friday and Easter on TVs, smartphones, and computers.