Friday, December 21, 2012

MESSAGE OF HOPE AND LOVE

CHRISTMAS IS A FEAST OF LOVE , HOPE AND PEACE. WE ARE REMINDED OF
PRESENCE OF GOD IN OUR LIVES , HIS KINDNESS AND LOVE FOR ALL. IT IS A
TIME OF SELFLESSNESS AND DESIRE TO IMMITATE THE CHRIST. THE WORD WAS
MADE FLESH , VISITED HUMANKIND AND SHOWED THE WAY TO PEACE AND HARMONY
,THROUGH UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. THE WORD IS GOD , SOURCE OF BEING. IT IS
LOVE AND WITHOUT LOVE NOTHING IS POSSIBLE. CHRISTMAS REPRESENTS
INCARNATION OF THE WORD IN JESUS , THE CHRIST. MANY FAILED TO RECEIVE
THE WORD. TRUE BELIEVERS ARE GIVEN GRACE TO OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES ,
WITH JOY. THE MASTER SAID "I WAS SICK , YOU COMFORTED ME. I WAS HUNGRY
AND YOU GAVE ME FOOD. I WAS IMPRISONED AND YOU VISITED ME". THE
DISCIPLES WERE CONFUSED. THEY ASKED "MASTER , WHEN WERE YOU SICK AND
WE MADE YOU HAPPY. WHEN WERE YOU HUNGRY AND WE GAVE YOU SOMETHING TO
EAT AND WHEN DID WE VISIT YOU IN PRISON". LORD JESUS RESPONDED ,
SAYING "AS LONG AS YOU HAVE DONE THESE TO A NEIGHBOUR , YOU HAVE DONE
IT UNTO ME". MAY WE LEARN FROM THE LORD JESUS , IN CHRISTMAS.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

FIRST BIOMETRIC VOTE IN GHANA

DECEMBER 7 , 2012 SAW GHANAIANS ENGAGED IN THEIR FIRST BIOMETRIC POLLS. MANY WERE THRILLED BY THE  VERIFICATION DEVICE , ESPECIALLY WITH  RESULTS SAID IN HUMAN VOICE. SEVERAL VOTERS STARTED WAITING FROM 4 AM , TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS. ELECTIONS WERE TO BEGIN 7 AM. ALL WENT WELL EXCEPT IN FEW PLACES WHERE THE VERIFICATION MACHINES MALFUNCTIONED. VOTING CONTINUED THE NEXT DAY IN STATIONS WHERE THE MACHINES FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY.  FEW WILD ALLEGATIONS WERE MADE OF VOTING IRREGULARITIES. THE MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY , NPP , ORGANIZED A PRESS BRIEFING , CLAIMING SOME IRREGULAR ACTIVITIES DURING THE VOTING. A MEETING WAS ARRANGED BETWEEN THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION , NDC , NPP AND NATIONAL PEACE COUNCIL TO LOOK INTO FEARS OF NPP. THEY WERE ADVISED TO RESORT TO COURT ACTION , AFTER THE RELEASE THE