Urgent action needed to stem growing anger due to economic crisis – Catholic bishops

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) has admitted that the current economic hardship is becoming unbearable.

It says its bishops’ interactions with Ghanaians reveal that most citizens are getting angry, frustrated and disappointed.

“This anger is growing and is expressed through booing at government officials, demonstrations, open insults etc.”

The Conference is, therefore, calling for urgent action in order to douse the anger and frustration.

These were contained in a communique issued at the end of the Annual Plenary Assembly of the Conference on Friday, November 11.

The Annual Plenary Assembly was held at the Fr. Alfons Merten Centre in Donkorkrom in the Eastern Region on the theme: ‘For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission in the Light of the New Evangelisation in Ghana’.

It began on Friday, November 4.

In the communique, the Conference noted that the current economic hardship had to do with the fact that the administrators do not get the economic fundamentals right.

“It is clear that governments over the time have not put in place the right systems that can stand all economic shocks.”

It called on governments to intensify stakeholder engagements that are “all-inclusive and non-partisan”.

“We believe that through these broader consultations, we shall develop a more robust economic policy for our country and ensure its implementation.”

The bishops also admonished Ghanaian traders and businessmen not to take undue advantage of the situation for profiteering as that makes the ordinary person more impoverished.