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Power crisis is a wisdom problem – Otabil

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General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Central Church,

Reverend Dr. Mensa Otabil, has described the energy crisis currently

facing the country as a "wisdom problem".

He believes the problem has nothing to do with money.

In a sermon titled "Wisdom", delivered at the church's headquarters in

Accra on Sunday, Dr. Otabil identified the energy problem as an

example of wisdom problems facing the country.

Making reference to how the European Space Agency recently landed a

space craft on a comet in space, Dr. Otabil said: "If people can

design such solutions, I think we should be able to design solutions

for the electricity failures in Ghana.

"At least we are not being asked to land a spaceship, we are not being

asked to go to the moon or to go to Mars, just fix electricity

problem. The problems facing us are wisdom problems, they are not

money problems."

He noted the exhibition of true wisdom has to do with practical

solutions to problems and not theoretical proposals.

"In this part of the world, we believe in PhDs. He went to Oxford, he

went to Cambridge, he works with the United Nations…. I don't know why

people believe in the United Nations so much. He works with the World

Bank, he is IMF, he must have the solution; who told you? The test of

wisdom is not the theory, the test of wisdom is: does it work?" Dr.

Otabil quizzed.

According to Dr. Otabil, wisdom is again seen in how people are able

to execute tasks handed them successfully.

"How can somebody who has never been able to feed himself be in

government and feed people?

"Because if you can't put food on your own table, you've never built

any structure, you've never worked, how can you feed other people?"

the outspoken preacherman asked.

Dr. Otabil identified orderliness as another key depiction of true

wisdom. Citing a national example, he questioned: "the Ghanaian

Supreme Court is British, Parliament is Chinese, and the Presidential

Palace is Indian, so when somebody comes and he looks at all our

wisdom, he asks, who are these people. Are they Indians or they are

Chinese?"

Credit: Myjoyonline

Kofi Oppong Kyekyeku

I am a Ghanaian Broadcast Journalist/Writer who has an interest in General News, Sports, Entertainment, Health, Lifestyle and many more.

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