He said the prayer approach being espoused by Ghanaian leaders will only worsen our plight.
The veteran journalist said: "when the virus started spreading, what were we told? Our government-organized days and nights of prayers to drive away from the virus. We were told to pray. We’ve prayed for one year long and the virus continues to kill. It has killed my brother. My brother was a prominent member of the Scriptures Union of Ghana and a faithful attendee of the Ridge Church. He used to shout and pray but he died."
He continued “A lot of people believe in prayers. They are entitled to believe in it but prayer cannot be a national policy for fighting a virus. It is reckless. It is foolish for a nation faced with this pandemic to resort to prayers because we do know that all over the world it has not solved the problem”.
Ghana's COVID-19 total case count stands at 72,328 with 65,149 recoveries after recording 795 new cases.
8 new deaths have also been recorded in less than 24 hours pushing Ghana's death toll to 472.
Regional breakdown:
Greater Accra Region - 42,312
Ashanti Region - 13,092
Western Region - 4,043
Eastern Region - 3,109
Central Region - 2,458
Volta Region - 1,131
Bono East Region - 882
Northern Region - 802
Upper East Region - 755
Western North Region - 729
Bono Region - 705
Ahafo Region - 563
Oti Region - 250
Upper West Region - 239
Savannah Region - 68
North East Region - 37