{"id":934,"date":"2019-08-10T15:43:55","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T15:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=934"},"modified":"2019-08-10T15:43:55","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T15:43:55","slug":"ghana-women-must-ignore-ethnocentric-comments-gpcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-women-must-ignore-ethnocentric-comments-gpcc","title":{"rendered":"Ghana women must ignore ethnocentric comments \u2013 GPCC"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) has asked Ghanaian women to disregard recent ethnocentric comments made by some pastors in the country, specifically against Ashanti, Fanti and Ewe women.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAny such unsavory statements should not be worth our discussion or time because the Ghanaian woman remains a force to reckon with in the society and deserves our commendation,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

A statement issued in Accra, yesterday and signed by Rev Emmanuel T Barrigah, GPCC General Secretary, urged all women, especially, those of the aforementioned tribes not to be deterred by such \u201cunguarded statements from whatever source\u201d.<\/p>\n

The statement acknowledged the support women offered to their husbands and families to attain greater heights in their endeavours and asked them not to \u201cbe bothered by any reckless statement from anyone be it a clergy, a politician or a traditional leader\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cMay we remind all Ghanaians that, we are one nation and one people with one destiny, and that there should be no place for tribal utterances that can fuel division among us,\u201d the statement stated.<\/p>\n

The statement came on the heels of recent comments made by Prophet Badu Kobi, head of the Glorious Wave International Church, about temperaments of Ashanti, Fanti and Ewe women in marriage.<\/p>\n

The unprintable comments went viral on social media, resulting in<\/p>\n

public flak against the pastor.<\/p>\n

Irked by the comments which they claimed were\u00a0 denigrating,\u00a0 a group of women last Sunday staged a demonstration dubbed \u20181000 women march\u2019 at the church premises at Sakumono, in the Tema West Municipality, to register their displeasure and call on the prophet to apologise.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The police administration is currently investigating the alleged assault of a journalist with the Daily Graphic, Dela Russel Ocloo, by some church members and the police personnel while she was covering the aftermath of the demonstration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) has asked Ghanaian women to disregard recent ethnocentric comments made by some pastors in the country, specifically against Ashanti, Fanti and Ewe women. \u201cAny such unsavory statements should not be worth our discussion or time because the Ghanaian woman remains a force to reckon with in the society […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12],"tags":[526,528,527],"class_list":["post-934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-badu-kobi","tag-girls","tag-ignore"],"yoast_head":"\nGhana women must ignore ethnocentric comments \u2013 GPCC - Ghana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-women-must-ignore-ethnocentric-comments-gpcc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ghana women must ignore ethnocentric comments \u2013 GPCC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"THE Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) has asked Ghanaian women to disregard recent ethnocentric comments made by some pastors in the country, specifically against Ashanti, Fanti and Ewe women. \u201cAny such unsavory statements should not be worth our discussion or time because the Ghanaian woman remains a force to reckon with in the society […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-women-must-ignore-ethnocentric-comments-gpcc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-10T15:43:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/2019\/08\/842414178_639915.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"470\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"francis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"francis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-women-must-ignore-ethnocentric-comments-gpcc#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-women-must-ignore-ethnocentric-comments-gpcc\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"francis\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/3687592f7713dc6c826cf5bbd0e55bca\"},\"headline\":\"Ghana women must ignore ethnocentric comments \u2013 GPCC\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-10T15:43:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-women-must-ignore-ethnocentric-comments-gpcc\"},\"wordCount\":306,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-women-must-ignore-ethnocentric-comments-gpcc#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/2019\/08\/842414178_639915.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Badu kobi\",\"girls\",\"ignore\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-women-must-ignore-ethnocentric-comments-gpcc#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-women-must-ignore-ethnocentric-comments-gpcc\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-women-must-ignore-ethnocentric-comments-gpcc\",\"name\":\"Ghana women must ignore ethnocentric comments \u2013 GPCC - 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