On Monday , June 1 2020, Atinkanews.net published a report under the headline
“Reopening of churches by Akufo-Addo is a recipe for disaster – Patience Nyarko”.
The story was based on Ghanaian gospel musician Patience Nyarko’s opinion to President Akufo-Addo’s verdict on opening of churches amid COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana.
In an interview which had Amansan Krakye as host, Patience Nyarko was asked what she made of the closure of churches by the President.
Responding to this, the “Wafom Kwan” hitmaker expressed her profound gratitude to the President for reopening of churches .
“When the President initially put restrictions on the opening of churches, I was highly in support of that decision,” she told GBC Radio Central in Cape Coast Monday. “Because if you look at how our fathers who are Pastors and the way they work, they can be on their feet to do deliverance and anoint a lot of people.”
She said if the churches were reopened without restrictions, it could cause more harm.
“The love for mankind makes them do these things without getting tired. So, I was a bit afraid that if the President didn’t put restrictions on the opening of churches it would cause more harm.”
“The way we become happy when we go to church and sing, we are together again then we shake ourselves and hug ourselves it will surely cause problems.”
“I know that the President has been contemplating as to when to reopen the churches for some time now. The closure of churches was in our own interest but if the church was closed down, it didn’t mean that you’re prohibited from praying as well.”
“When the time comes for churches to be reopened, we will all go back to church with happiness” she concluded.
Our reporter interpreted the remarks to mean that Reopening of churches by president is a recipe for disaster.
In view of these, we unreservedly apologise to popular Ghanaian Gospel musician Patience Nyarko for failing to capture her views as she intended. We have, accordingly, pulled down the article in question.
We want to assure her and our esteemed readers that Atinkanews.Net remains committed to reporting truthfully, accurately and fairly.
