Veteran gospel musician, Apostle Lenny Akpadie says that the gospel music industry is losing its fire and becoming more carnal by the day.

Speaking to Roselyn Felli in an interview on Joy Prime’s Prime Morning, he asserted that Ghanaian gospel musicians are diverting from preaching the gospel to promoting themselves.

According to Akpadie, the gospel music industry being canalised by the dressing and appearance of some gospel artistes is leading people astray.

“Your attention is on the dress the ladies are wearing more than the message. You’re looking at how they move themselves and it’s so attractive that you lose the message,” Lenny Akpadie said on Friday.

“We are getting less and less of spiritualised sheep doing gospel music and introducing of the world.”

The ‘Most High God’ hit maker said examples of canalisation in the gospel music industry are gospel singers Piesie Esther, whom he claims to see showing her cleavage in pictures, and Empress Gifty, who according to him is promoting herself more than the work of God.

“Gifty came here last week, that’s carnality! She’s talking about her brand. She’s promoting herself. There’s an extent to which you promote your work because what you are looking for, God is looking for it for you more than yourself.”

Despite his view, the ‘Great Things’ composer explained that “I’m not saying that she should not promote her event. I’m saying that she should preach the Christ. She should talk about people coming to encounter the Holy Ghost during the event. That’s the message we are carrying in songs.”

Apostle Lenny Akpadie graced the gospel industry with spirit-filled songs from the early to late 90s.