Koku Anyidoho, a former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has lambasted the Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam Nartey George, over a religion-tainted attack on Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
Sam George is on record to have tagged Bawumia a “religious prostitute,” alleging that he publicly appears in both churches and mosques all for political gain.
He made the said comments on Accra-based Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana show on November 7.
Responding to Sam George’s comment in a series of tweets, Anyidoho stated that it is not Sam George’s place to determine someone’s religious affiliation.
“Let Sam George go and burn the sea. If he likes he can insult all the men of God it won’t make his candidate become President automatically. Ghana belongs to all shades of Ghanaians and not only some pea-brained Ghanaians.
“Since Sam George has decided to own God & determine who is a Christian or not, I ask; why did his supposed Christian, John Mahama, consciously disband all the prayer groups in the Castle & also cancelled the National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving instituted by President Mills?” he said.
Anyidoho argued that there is no religious doctrine that forbids individuals from visiting or worshipping in both Christian and Muslim places of worship, even if they identify as believers in one of the faiths.
He urged Sam George to focus on his political issues and refrain from insulting the Vice President’s faith.
“I am a devout Christian, and will graduate from Trinity Theological Seminary on 11/11/2023. Which part of the Church doctrine says a Christian should not visit a Muslim cleric and Vice versa? People don’t understand Church doctrine and disgracing themselves with warped theories.
“La e lala! Listen to this guy. So, he wants a President who will be a tribal religious bigot – loving some and hating some? So, he is now insulting the Church of Pentecost for making Dr. Bawumia an, Associate? Did Christ not come to win souls? Ei NDC: we are now insulting God too?” he added.
Below is the Sam George’s comments
A religious ‘prostitute’ cannot be our president – Sam George ‘descends’ on Bawumia
The Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam Nartey George, has described the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, as a religious prostitute.
According to him, the vice president appears to profess both the Christian and the Muslim faiths at the same time, as he is often seen both in churches and mosques for political reasons.
Such a person, he said, cannot become the president of Ghana
Speaking on Metro TV, the MP described Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as a Muslim by day and Christian by night.
“The best description you can give him is that, he is a Muslim by day and a Christian by night, a religious prostitute cannot be our president,” he said.
Explaining further, Sam George referenced instances when the Vice President, Dr Bawumia, remained silent on issues that were most important to Muslims, such as the Hijab controversy and the killings of Muslim youth in Kumasi.
To him, no true Muslim will also publicly proclaim Jesus as Lord and saviour or kneel before men of God for prayers.
These acts, Sam George said, do not describe a true Muslim as Dr Bawumia professes to be.
“We will take our time and scrutinise Bawumia for who he is. I will take him on on his so-called digitisation drive. We are talking about a man who you cannot vouch for. Do you know whether he is a Muslim?
“When the issue of the Hijabs came up in this country for Muslim girls, did you ever hear Dr Bawumia speak? When the issue of fasting for girls came up during Ramadan, he was silent. When the Muslim Zongo youth were killed in cold blood in Kumasi, Dr Bawumia was silent.
“No true Muslim anywhere in this world believes that Jesus Christ is our lord and saviour. No true Muslim kneels before a Catholic priest or a pastor to lay hands on them – only Bawumia. If you like, you can take the Suraj Mariama that talks about who Jesus is. They do not see Jesus Christ as their lord and personal saviour as we do,” he added.
He continued that “Bawumia goes to a church, claiming that Jesus Christ is our Lord and personal saviour. He is not a proper Muslim.”