The General Secretary of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) International,  Apostle Samuel Amponsah Frimpong has advocated for Ghanaians to accept the Green Ghana initiative to mitigate desertification effect on the Country.

Desertification he said has become a challenge in the West African Sub-region and that, there was the need to confront it by planting trees which will bring shade and make Ghana beautiful.

Apostle Frimpong made the call at a tree planting exercise organized by the Church to mark the second edition of the Green Ghana Day at the Anim Retreat Center (ARC), a 300-acre land acquired by the Church at Ofarkor near Kasoa in the Central region on Friday,

Apostle Frimpong in a remark, indicated that God saw the significance oftree in the lives of mankind and so he himself planted the garden of Eden and placed man in it for his comfort.

He expressed appreciation to President Nana Akufo-Addo for initiating this special programme and that, “as a Church we believe that our collaboration with the government will always yield the positive result and at this particular instance, it is the best for the nation”.

Apostle Frimpong said the CACI has an obligation towards the government and the nation and for that reason will always collaborate with the government in power on her social initiatives that are beneficial to the nation.

He said the Church was planting about 500,000 seedlings nationwide to complement government’s effort in greening Ghana to fight desertification and climate change.

“When this is done there would be food security in the nation as well as protecting the water bodies with a healthy environment thereby curbing epidemics,” he indicated.

Apostle Frimpong pointed out that, the Anim Retreat Center (ARC) which is being developed as the convention center of the Church will include educational and health facilities and Seminary for the various leaderships in the Church.

Others are a prayer center, Campus for the Christ Apostolic University College and a 5000 capacity conference hall among others.

He admonished all and sundry that, the good future of Ghana that everybody is looking for can only be achieved when everybody puts his hands on deck and work together as one people and does the right thing.

The President, Nana Akufo-Addo lunched the second edition of the Green Ghana Day to plant 20 million trees on 1^st March 2022 this year as the government’s aggressive afforestation and reforestation programme to mitigate deforestation and climate change effects on the Country.

Apostle Frimpong was accompanied by Apostle Benjamin Ahenful Accra West Territorial Apostle and some Pastors and members of the Church.

By Seth Adu-Agyei