The Reverend Robert Nelson Adayi, of the Holy Ghost Revival Assemblies of God Church on Wednesday described the enticing alcoholic beverage in the mass media, which mostly targeted the youth as a national catastrophe.

“The nation cannot develop its future human resource based on the premises of alcoholism, we are sacrificing our future leaders as alcohol has nothing good to offer anybody because on the contrary it destroys life,” Rev Adayi stated in Accra.

He said the nation is gradually teaching the youth to resort to alcoholism as a means for demonstrating their level of life.

“The youth are the ones glued to the media and if there is nothing better to offer them than alcoholic beverages, what are we teaching the future generation”.

Rev Adayi who was speaking at church service organized by the Scripture Union of Snaps College in Accra, noted that, these advertisements often enticed the youth who would want to explore leading to socially deviant behaviours.

Citing a recent banner headline of story where some Polytechnic students were sacked due to alcoholism and other vices, he regretted how alcohol exposure was having an adverse effect on the youth who were even pursuing academic careers.

“Do not despise your youth, by allowing some unscrupulous people who want to make money at the expense of your future to ruin their lives”, he added.

Rev. Adayi called on the youth to learn right things and not copy blindly, adding, “If we are learning from the advance and even some African countries, we should learn right things”.

He bemoaned the situation in which distinguished personalities, especially media-men and artistes allowed themselves to assume centre stage in these advertisements, adding, “the situation is really disturbing".

Rev. Adayi therefore, called on stakeholders in the media industry particularly the National Media Commission and the National Communications Authority to urgently stop such advertisements to spare the future
of the Ghanaian youth.

Rev. Adayi also commented on beauty contests and other reality shows, which often engaged the youth at
the expense of their education.

"Most girls who are participants in these contests come from tertiary institutions but they vacate their academic work to participate in those activities for months instead of conducting more research into important subject areas for the benefit of society".

“These activities are our culture and the youths should not learn blindly from foreign cultures but must uphold the dignity and integrity of Ghanaian culture, which thrives on decency, respect and hard work”, he said.

He said the indecent dressing associated with those contests had become the order of the day where most girls go about exposing their bodies without respect for culture or the human body.

“Aside the harm this is causing the youth, God admonishes us to keep ourselves bodies well since they are his temple but what do we see these days,” he asked.


Source: GNA