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The founder and chief of Ola Natural And Non secular Centre (Soul Journey Ghana), Ola Maame, has stirred controversy by asserting that the Ghanaian adoption of the time period ‘settings’ has eroded respect for spirituality, faith, and prophecy.
She emphasised that almost all Ghanaians dismiss prophecies as mere ‘settings’, disregarding their potential validity .
In an interview on Nyansa TV on Monday, eleventh August 2025, whereas discussing the helicopter crash that claimed eight lives, Maame urged Ghanaians to honour all prophecies—whatever the prophet’s identification or obvious contradictions.
“We have to respect prophets and their prophecies. Insulting and labelling them doesn’t assist our trigger,”she pleaded. Addressing perceptions that some prophets communicate solely to pattern on social media, she added, “Respect prophecies anyway, as entities may information prophets to make such pronouncements. So, simply respect it.”
On Responding to Private Prophecies:
If a prophet requests a gathering relating to a prophecy about you, “please accomplish that. It doesn’t spoil something”, she suggested. If no viewers is sought however the prophecy considerations you, “search the prophet’s steering for obligatory remedial actions. ”
Warning to Nationwide Leaders:
Maame challenged Ghana’s leaders, stating that political prominence doesn’t equate to religious authority: *“Presidents come and go, however prophets, pastors, and spiritualists stay. We maintain energy within the religious realm. Once we communicate from that realm, you should respect it.”
Institutional Reforms Demanded:
1.Nationwide Council for Non secular Organizations:
She appealed for a council parallel to the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC), arguing: “When GPCC members are invited to nationwide features, we conventional spiritualists additionally deserve recognition. We’re not fools pouring libations—it really works for individuals.”
2. Nationwide Conventional Competition:
Impressed by Aglow Worldwide Ghana—a Christian girls’s fellowship with important nationwide affect —she proposed “Aglow for Nananom” (Aglow for Conventional Leaders): “Ghana wants a conventional pageant the place practitioners nationwide invoke and feed the spirits, honoring ancestors and deities who sacrificed for this nation. This isn’t only a parade—it’s a religious train.”
This pageant would mirror Ghana’s culturally rooted occasions just like the Homowo harvest pageant (Ga individuals) or Buɣum Chuɣu hearth pageant (Dagomba individuals) however with a unified, nationwide scope .
Conclusion:
Maame urged leaders to institutionalize conventional spirituality, framing it as important to Ghana’s cultural and religious identification.
