The Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV, says Ghanaians now believe in religion more than the people who introduced them to it.

He said now factories which used to provide employment to the teeming Ghanaian youth have now been turned into churches.

In his view, this is part of the country's slow pace of development as many youths are mostly unemployed and thus cannot contribute their quota.

Speaking at the 2023 Yam Festival of the Asogli State and the 20th-anniversary celebration of his enthronement, on Saturday, October 7, 2023, Togbe Afede XIV insisted that success can only be achieved through hard work and not prayers.

“People now convert factory premises into churches. We have become more believing than those who brought Christianity and religion to us. Those have been part of our downfall, and as chiefs, let us remember that no success can be achieved except through hard work.”

Togbe Afede also criticised the powers vested in the President by the 1992 Constitution, stating that it hinders efforts to combat corruption, transparency, and accountability in national affairs.

He, therefore, called for a comprehensive review of the constitution to introduce necessary checks and balances and curtail excessive powers, emphasising that without such amendments, significant national development would remain elusive.