Pastor Joins Race

PROPHET DANIEL Nkansah, leader of the New Vision Pentecostal International Church, says God has instructed him to become the next president of Ghana and use that position to redeem the country from the grips of poverty and corruption.

The Prophet, not wanting to disobey God's instructions, is readying himself to contest the December presidential election and has succeeded in establishing the New Vision Party (NVP), a political party on whose ticket he is hoping to become Ghana's president.

The Electoral Commission of Ghana on Friday gave the NVP the final certificate that authenticates it as a legally registered political party in Ghana, bringing the number of parties in the country to about fifteen.

The NVP Acting National Chairman, Apostle Aaron King, who received the certificate from the Deputy Chairman of the EC, Safo Kantanka, said “it is time for the Lord to put His people in power for good governance to take place.

“NVP is what Ghanaians have cried for, wishing for and hoping for; let all Ghanaians know that the government that they are waiting for is now in the system and after the 2008 elections, the party would be in power.”

The certification ceremony was nearly canceled when EC officials detected that though the NVP officials had claimed that the party's colors would be mauve, white and gold, their documents and posters had colors that looked more like red, white and blue.

The EC indicated that another political party was already using the colors of red, white and blue, so for the sake of clarity the NVP should stick to its original colors of mauve, white and gold.

After over two hours of negotiations the NVP rectified the mistake and presented a fresh set of documents that had the colors of mauve, white and yellow.

The party agreed to destroy all of its paraphernalia having the blue, red and white colors.

Just when the EC official handed the certificate to Apostle King, Prophet Nkansah knelt down and with both hands raised toward the heavens and eyes closed, said a prayer to God.

Safo Kantanka debunked claims that the EC had registered a political party that was formed on religious lines, against constitutional requirements.

He told DAILY GUIDE that there was nothing in the documents the party presented that showed it had a religious bias “because looking through its founding members list from all the districts, it is clear that the interests on different people are well represented.

“If it is a religious or sectarian group, it cannot stand, and later on if the EC finds out that there is anything against the constitution we would not hesitate in taking the appropriate action,” he indicated.

Members of the New Vision Pentecostal International Church, who had trooped to the EC office in large numbers, comported themselves exceptionally well until the ceremony ended, when they started dancing and chanting 'unto the Lord, be the glory, great things He has done; unto the Lord be the glory, great things He has done”.

By Halifax Ansah Addo & Rebecca Putterman