Audio Attachment:Listen to Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie aka Sir John |
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is really intent on wrestling power from the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2012 General Elections and therefore is leaving no stone unturned in that regard, judging from its decision to embark on a bit of a "spiritual exercise�.
Knowing how crucial divine intervention can be if a Party is to be successful in an election, General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie aka Sir John, has directed all constituencies in the various regions to set up prayer camps.
Quoting extensively from the Holy Scriptures in support of the directive, (Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your path"), Sir John stated that there was no way the NPP can do without God and so the party was determined to place the Supreme One first in the affairs of their campaign.
�We need to pray towards the 2012 election� we believe if we put our trust in God and in Allah God will help us to win the election. We cannot trust or depend on our own strength�� he added.
Speaking in an interview on CitiFM, the NPP Chief Scribe stressed the importance of seeking the face of God at all times and acknowledged that without God�s intervention their flagbearer cannot win the 2012 election.
"...there is no strategic way for the party to go about the prayer camp....everything depends on the various constituencies," he said.
Interestingly, the NPP in March 2009 accused President Mills of having turned the Castle, the seat of government into a "prayer camp."
Juxtaposing their present decision to set up prayer camps across the regions and their earlier denunciation of President Mills� Castle prayer meetings, Sir John explained that the NPP was never against the idea of holding Prayer meetings or the intervention of God in the affairs of men, however, the party does not believe in praying and sitting down without acting.
To him, after prayers action needs to follow.
�We have not criticized President Mills for turning the Castle into a prayer camp; we think that while you continue to pray you must work and not sit down. And that is why we are saying that with prayers; together the election will be won in 2012,� the NPP General Secretary said.
It would be recalled that prior to the 2008 General Elections, the NDC established a prayer camp at the Osu Kuku Hill campaign office of Professor John Evans Atta Mills, where some prayer warriors converged to pray for the party's victory.
The pastors and prayer warriors who met every Friday, not only prayed for NDC victory in 2008, they spend a lot of time praying against some government policies in a bid to reclaim power.
It worked for the NDC though, and maybe the NPP believes it might work for them too in 2012. Only time will tell.
Source: Rebecca Quaye/Peacefmonline.com
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