Ghanaian Presidential Candidate Dr. Bawumia’s Church Construction Gesture Counters Religious Division

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s initiative to build a church has been widely praised as a unifying act that challenges sectarian rhetoric during Ghana’s presidential election campaign.

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Why Dr. Bawumia’s latest church-building gesture has shamed the bigots who are building walls of division

In recent weeks, when some self-styled defenders of faith have been heard loudly proclaiming that a Muslim, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, should not be allowed to lead Ghana because Ghana is a "Christian country", a fitting answer which shamed the bigots came through from Weija. On Saturday, June 29, 2026, Dr. Bawumia commissioned the newly built St. Jude's Catholic Church at New Weija in Accra - a beautiful edifice he personally built for the congregation, including cured lepers at the Weija lepros...

By Isaac Yeboah

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Ghanaian Presidential Candidate Dr. Bawumia’s Church Construction Gesture Counters Religious Division

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