Presidential Envoy for Interfaith and Ecumenical Relations, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, has explained why his office is urging religious leaders to formally share specific prophecies with national authorities before making them public.
Speaking on JoyNews' AM Show on Monday, August 11, Mr Afriyie Ankrah said the request was not an attempt to limit the freedom of prophecy, but to ensure that messages with potential national security implications are handled responsibly.
Read also: Presidential envoy urges religious leaders to share prophecies on national issues "Most of us are aware of various and diverse video, audio clips, TikTok posts of all kinds, since the unfortunate incidents of last Wednesday occurred," he said, referring to last week's tragic helicopter crash that claimed the lives of eight people. "Most of them, when we go behind this, they do not have any means of getting in touch with the individuals concerned or officials.
And so we decided that it was important that we create an avenue and a channel to be able to manage some of these things, because a lot of them have serious security implications." Mr Afriyie Ankrah stressed that the government respected the right of prophets to speak freely. "Every man of God, a prophet, has every right to prophesy about any and everything they choose to.
