Founder of Glorious Word Power Ministry, Rev Owusu Bempah, has been appointed to the Cancer Board of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection.
The 16-member Board was inaugurated by Gender Minister, Otiko Afisah Djabah on Monday, April 9, 2018.
They include President and Founder of Breast Care International, Dr. Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, who will Chair the Board; Deputy Health Minister, Tina Mensah; Charity Binka, a lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA); Management, Communication, and Environmental consultant.
The others are Joyce Aryee, and Baffour Awuah, a Radiation Oncologist at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), and Rev Owusu Bempah.
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, the Minister said the board will design and implement advocacy programmes to create awareness on breast and cervical cancer and to solicit funding from the public, corporate bodies, development partners and other international philanthropists to supplement government’s effort to curtail the impact of the deadly disease.
“It is our anticipation that the Board will be effective in helping the country’s effort towards reducing the impact of the disease,†the minister said.
Rev. Owusu Bempah is noted for some controversial prophecies which mostly comes on yearly.
In 2017, he predicted among other things that a former president and former first lady would die unless Ghanaians “intercede on their behalf.â€