Editorial
The National Cathedral, a novel idea?
● Let’s support construction of the National Cathedral
Dear Editor,
Building a National Cathedral is not just novel but a good proposal for which we should all lend our support in cash and kind to get it quickly done.
Someone must always set the pace and imagine what could make our society better — something that could properly represent our passion for godly worship.
Every politician in Africa and Ghana should embrace this idea. We should see the African Union leaders speak positively about it. We should see them bringing in their quota sums of cash to speedily get it done.
So that when they are also pursuing a worthy cause, Ghana’s political leaders, the incumbent and those wishing to someday be in power through free and fair democratic means would also lend their morale support and helping hand.
It is a place where those in power and those who would be in power someday regardless of their political stance would converge to hold public Christian meetings.
The edifice would not be a denominational meeting place per se but a national gathering place. It is a place where all of us would accord our Heavenly Maker the respect and honour He deserves.
The religious groups in Ghana may have their places of worship but the National Cathedral would draw God’s attention to this country as a common people.
What we lack now is adequate funds but have we done enough and proper consultation amongst ourselves? What about the Ghanaians in the diaspora? What about our political parties? Has the National Patriotic Party, the National Democratic Congress, the Convention’s People’s Party to mention a few each brought in their contributions?
Have we also considered that Christianity is everywhere across the globe and that serving our Maker well is the common denominator in the hearts and minds amongst all believers of God?
In the United States alone statistics show that some of the churches have so many conferences and conference heads.
Now the questions to ask ourselves is, when the political and religious leaders of the countries in the west and other parts of our globe visit Ghana for a personal vacation or to perform official responsibilities and duties where would they most happily want to worship?
I am not aware if Ghanaians in the diaspora could access a link of the Government of Ghana’s revenue mobilisation website to make donations with their credit cards towards building projects in Ghana like the National Cathedral for instance. This should be done and alongside others projects.
Ebenezer K N Baiden-Amissah
P O Box LG 1254
Legon, Accra.
0245310380
Editorial
Merits and demerits of scraping betting tax
Dear Editor,
Over the past years, a lot of concerns have been raised about the rise of sports betting companies in the country, their operations, and how it impacted negatively on the youth of the country.
I have also witnessed how some of the youth go to the extent of borrowing money from friends or use companies’ money to stake bets, which they were not guaranteed of winning.
Due to this, I was happy when the previous government introduced the betting tax, as I felt it would deter the youth from engaging in it.
However, some Ghanaians hold the view that the betting tax would help create employment.
It wasn’t surprising to see the excitement that greeted the announcement of the scrapping of the tax by the Finance Minister.
My worry now is how, as a country, the youth can be discouraged from engaging in betting.
I believe that as the betting tax has been scrapped, it is about time that the government finds ways of addressing the issue of betting among the youth as it is becoming more serious than before.
I believe that there should be a multi-stakeholder engagement between the various stakeholders to proffer solutions to address them.
Editorial
Rail crossing point at circle- Kaneshie road needs attention
Dear Editor,
I read with happiness a letter published in the previous edition about the poor state of the rail crossing stretch of the Circle-Kaneshie road.
I totally agree with the concerns raised by the writer and I wish to add my voice to the call on the authorities to quickly work on that stretch of the road.
What the writer left out was the occasional happenings when vehicles break down on the rail line. I have witnessed that before.
It is not a comfortable thing driving on it at all. It is a huge dent on the beauty the interchange was expected to bring to the area.
The traffic it creates is a major inconvenience to people who are rushing to work.
I wish to appeal to the authorities to quickly do something about that portion of the road to make it convenient for drivers. Thank you for the space.
Maxwell Amamoo,
Odorkor
