As Ghana prepares for the 2024 presidential elections, Prophet Moses Bennisan, the head pastor of Family Altar in East Legon, has joined the national conversation, calling on citizens to prioritize policies over personalities in their decision-making.

Speaking during his recent appearance on Joy Time in His Presence, Prophet Moses emphasized that the primary responsibility of governments is to create a prosperous environment for the well-being of their citizens. He noted that this can only be achieved through credible and actionable policies.

Prophet Moses, who recently launched his book, Ghana’s Economic Emergence, stressed the long-term impact of elections, describing them as a pivotal event with implications far beyond the polling day. “It’s very important for us to understand that the day of election is an event; the real work is the policy,” he said.
He urged voters to evaluate candidates based on their proposed policies rather than their charisma or public image. “It’s not the politics, and it’s not the personality. It is the policies. Because we can only hold people accountable based on the policies they presented to us,” he remarked.

Prophet Moses further warned that when policy-driven dialogue is absent during elections, citizens lose a critical tool for accountability. “If we take the dialogue and the discourse away from the policy, after four years, when nothing has been achieved, we have nothing to hold the people accountable to,” he cautioned.

As Ghanaians head to the polls, Prophet Moses Bennisan’s insights serve as a timely reminder of the importance of policy-focused voting. His message stresses the role of citizens in ensuring that elected leaders are chosen based on their ability to implement transformative and sustainable initiatives for national development.

Written by: Maame Adwoa A. Mensah