Minister calls for prayers for the government

Asesewa (E/R), Oct. 6, GNA - The Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Gustav Narh-Dometey, has said the government was determined to ensure the stability of the nation and to protect individuals to enable them to freely conduct their legitimate duties. He called on Christians to support the government with prayers to enable it to achieve its objective of improving the living standard of the people. Mr Narh-Dometey made the call at the inauguration of Asesewa District as the "Third Ecclesiastical District of the Koforidua Diocese of the Anglican Church" and the installation of the Reverend Canon Michael Timothy Kofi Asiedu as the first Chairman of the District.

The installation ceremony was performed by the Archbishop of the Province of West Africa, the Most Rev. Robert G. A. Okine, who was also the Bishop of the Koforidua Diocese of the Anglican Church. He reminded Christians of the need to join hands with the government in the crusade against the HIV/AIDS menace. Rev. Canon Asiedu said the new ecclesiastical district had seven sub-parishes with a numerical strength of 600 people. He said the Church had built a footbridge over River Akrum at Ayiesu and provided the area with three boreholes and a hand-dug well fitted with pumps.

Rev. Asiedu said the Church had received a donation of 300 bags of cement for the rehabilitation of Breponsu Anglican Primary School. He said the Church also received 60 million cedis from the Women Empowerment Grant, under which Christian Women in Asesewa were being assisted by the Church with a loan of between 500,000 to 1,000,000 cedis to each beneficiary to expand their businesses. In a sermon, Archbishop Okine said it was not enough for Christians to only quote from the bible to reassure the poor and the needy of salvation but they should provide deprived persons with material support.

Archbishop Okine and Mr. Narh-Dometey cut sod for work to begin on the rehabilitation of the Asesewa Anglican Nursery and Junior Secondary School block. The Japanese and United States embassies were financing the 150-million project.