By: Robert Ayanful.
Youth of the country have been advised to desist from negative activities that are affront to societal norms such as cyber crime and offering of human parts for rituals to get rich.
The Associate Pastor of the Agona Swedru branch of the Christian Covenant Family Church, Pastor Agbeko Fianu who gave the advice at a special church service to commemorate the celebration of the Christmas festivity warned that such activities are a threat, not to the society alone, but the country at large.
His advice follows a recent incident at Gomoa Akwamu near Gomoa Afransi in the Gomoa Central District of the Central Region where a 21year-old Okada rider was beheaded about a fortnight ago, allegedly for ritual purposes.
The assailant was later arrested by the police with the head, and is currently facing trial.
But Pastor Fianu has noted that despite the harsh economic situation in the country, it does not guarantee anyone to engage in any activity that is tantamount to societal values and norms.
Meanwhile, the minister in charge of the Church, Pastor Margaret Darko has urged parents, especially mothers, to inculcate in their children high moral standards build on religious principles.
According to her, this should be done during the tender age of the children by attending church services with them, but not to leave them at home on sabbath days, to the mercy of their peers.
She hinted that the country’s future is bleak, if the situation remains as it is currently.