The Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Ghana, the Most Rev. Emmanuel Asante, has refuted reports that he was present at a meeting called at the instance of ex President John Agyekum Kuffour to broker peace in the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Media reports claimed the meeting which was intended to foster a cordial relationship between the NPP flag bearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and the party’s National Chairman and the General Secretary, Messrs Paul Afoko and Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, respectively, was attended by some high ranking and respectable members of the clergy, as well as the Most Rev. Asante.
The rest of the reverend ministers reportedly present were the Most Rev. Prof Emmanuel Martey, the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana; the Most Rev. Charles Palmer-Buckle, the Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, and Pastor Mensa Otabil, the General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church.
Office of the former President through a statement confirmed such a meeting was held but was quick to add that the choice of the clergy was based on the fact that some of the NPP persons involved, worship in churches headed by these pastors.
But Most Rev. Emmanuel Asante, who is also the Chairman of the National Peace Council insist he was nowhere near ex President Kuffour’s residence as he was out of the country on 9th July, the day the meeting was held.
“I was in Amsterdam and returned to Ghana on July 10 and so I was surprised to hear that a secret meeting had taken place and that I was part of that meeting,” he told Daily Graphic.
He suspected the reports to be an attempt by some people to put a partisan tag on him, adding, “I refuse to accept that.”
He pointed out that he was not a member of the NPP or any other political party.
By: Kasapafmonline.com/Ghana
