The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, has said that there is room for the State and the Church to work together for the common good.
He has therefore pledged to be a catalyst of harmony from the side of the State in collaboration with the Church, especially in the wake of the disquiet that recently arose over the Wesley Girls Senior High School’s disallowance of a Muslim student from fasting.
“There is a lot we can do to refine our Governance system to take on board traditional and cultural values and norms. There is no state without the Church and there is a lot the two can efficiently do together” Speaker Bagbin said.
The Speaker said this when he hosted a delegation from the Christian Council of Ghana and Representatives of the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference at Parliament.
Led by the Chairman of the Christian Council of Ghana Rt. Rev. Prof. J.O.Y. Mante, the delegation had paid a courtesy call on the Speaker to officially congratulate him on his ascension to the third-highest office of the land.
But Rev. Prof. Mante also said the delegation was burdened by the worrisome development of the religious disquiet over the Wesley Girls High School issue.
“We were alarmed at the debate going on in the public space about religious tolerance. We are all here for peace, we want to say to all Ghanaians”, he said.
The delegation had also expressed concern about the wave of LGBTQI+ activities in the country, something that the Speaker vowed never to support.
According to Rt. Hon. Bagbin, a devout Catholic, he is naturally pro-life and anything that is anti-life does not gel with him. Homosexuals and lesbians do not conceive and give birth and so they are anti-life.
The delegation from the Christian Council expressed confidence in the Speaker’s outlook on such issues, saying Rt. Hon. Bagbin will shepherd the country safely.