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18.12.2014 Opinion

Hello From Hell In Ghana

By Alfred Morgan
KMA Boss, Kojo BonsuKMA Boss, Kojo Bonsu
18.12.2014 LISTEN

I found interesting articles interesting noise pollution in Kumasi. I am a foreign missionary who at my own expense am in Ghana to help Ghanaians but it feels like I am living in hell as my family and I are bombarded each morning at 05.00hrs by the offensive, extremely loud and aggressive voices that screech, yell, preach and shout from four high masted loudspeakers of the local so called information service. This is not even to mention the same styled screeching, yelling and shouting that comes during the evening for hours.

My wife and I have spoken politely with the man in charge of the so called information service. He demonstrates little interest to lower the volume or assist us in any way. He confidently tells us he has been taken to court before but he is protected by the Government.

I normally wake early around 04.00hrs to pray and meditate but all that comes to a sudden halt when the voices from hell screech out from the so called information service's speakers at 05.00hrs. Even as 05.00hrs approaches I find myself becoming anxious and stressed. Prior to the arrival of the evening my family and I again become, tense, anxious and stressed as the hours of yelling and screeching approach. Before going to bed the anxiety and stress continues to build with the thought of 05.00hrs closing in on us. Our son who attends university here has trouble studying. This man and his information centre is directly and knowingly having an extremely negative impact on the lives, emotions, wellbeing and no doubt, health of my family and I.

This man and his information centre has almost totally destroyed the prayer life of my family and I as most of us wake early to pray, which is biblical. My wife and I requested that the service commence at 06.00hrs but the man in charge says he needs to broadcast preaching for an hour before the allotted time for news at 06.00hrs

I find this man's need to publicly broadcast screeching and preaching between 05.00 hrs and 06.00hrs and beyond quite incredible and obnoxious. I would have thought that in Kumasi there was an ample supply of churches, preaching, screeching and forced religion upon the populace without having it invade my walls, windows and every nook, cranny, ear and brain in my household. It is disturbing, disgusting, offensive, un-ethical and un-biblical. It is probably also very counterproductive to the good health and wellbeing of patients in the nearby hospital which is in close proximity to the so called information service and its blasting high masted 4 loudspeakers.

Yes I say forced religion because isn't that what is happening here at 05.00hrs and beyond through 4 loudspeakers masted high in the air? Quite possibly there are many that actually do not want to hear this man's version of screeching preaching or any other preaching for that matter. Quite possibly there are people of differing religions that find this man's screeching preaching to be offensive not only to their ears and minds but to their spiritual beliefs also. Surely any religion should be by personal choice and not having it forced upon you especially in the early waking hours of the morning when one is most receptive to psychological techniques for forced indoctrination. If my family and I are not living in hell then surely we are living in a communist gulag or re-education camp and being fed the propaganda of a dictator.

I say “dictator” because it seems there is no democracy whatsoever about this man's forced issues, volume and religious and other ideas upon the populace during early morning and beyond. Has he ever had undertaken an “arm's length”, totally independent survey of those whom he forces his information upon to determine if they actually want to hear his information service? I think it is a pretty good guess that he hasn't! And if so such an independent survey needs to be commissioned and paid for by the “dictator” as soon as possible.

I must conclude by saying that this man at this so called information centre with his 4 loud speakers masted high above the houses is in no way a serious bible believer otherwise he would love his neighbour far more than what he demonstrates. (KJV) Proverbs 27:14 “He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted as a curse to him”.

Yours sincerely
A. Morgan.

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