Members of the United Cadres Front of Ghana are calling for
the removal of the outgoing Moderator of the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church of Ghana,
Rev. Professor Emmanuel Martey from the National Peace Council.
According to a statement signed by the Secretary of the Group Efanam Felix Nyaku, "any person who is serving as a peace-maker, and also a leading member of a highly acclaimed Church cannot be so controversial, reckless and irresponsible in his dealing with the state" just as Rev. Professor Martey is doing.
The statement noted that members have come to the conclusion
that Rev Martey does not merit to be a member of the Peace Council of Ghana and
therefore must be withdrawn.
Their call for the withdrawal comes after Rev Prof
Emmanuel Martey, alleged that some politicians attempted to bribe him, in an
effort to gag him from commenting on issues of national concern.
According
to the man whose tenure as the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church comes to an
end in December this year the baits were a $100, 000 cash and a promise to
provide him with a mansion at Trasaaco, together with a V8 vehicle,
Below is the full statement.
UNITED CADRES FRONT OF GHANA
PRESS RELEASE: REMOVE REV. PROF. MARTEY
FROM PEACE COUNCIL
Members of the United Cadres Front of
Ghana have followed the actions and utterances of the just out-gone Moderator
of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rev. Prof. Martey, and have come to the
conclusion that he does not merit to be a member of the Peace Council of Ghana,
and should therefore be withdrawn from that august body of state.
Any person who is serving as a
peace-maker, and also a leading member of a highly acclaimed Church cannot be
so controversial, reckless and irresponsible in his dealing with the state.
We are very apprehensive with Rev.
Prof. Martey on the grounds that he has waited from 2013 till 2016 to reveal
that an attempt to bribe him by some politicians was rejected; a position which
in itself promotes the perpetuation of corruption and corrupt practices; a
canker we all have resolved to fight head on.
Though we acknowledge the right of
Rev. Prof. Martey to comment on issues that bother on public and national
interest, we expect that persons of high moral ground, like him, should not fail
to mention names of potential perpetrators of crimes such as corruption aimed to
save the nation from such often-talked about vices.
We also call on the Presbyterian
Church of Ghana to excommunicate the former Moderator from the Church to save
its envious reputation and image built over decades and led by men and women of
tried and tested morality and candor.
Signed:
EFANAM FELIX NYAKU
Secretary, IMC of Ghana
31st August, 2016
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