“Obvious Prophecies” – Priest Warns Ghana of a Looming Galamsey Apocalypse
Ghana is still mourning the shocking helicopter tragedy that claimed eight statesmen, but a new controversy is stirring the nation, the debate over prophecy.
While prophets rush to claim they “saw it coming,” Rev. Fr. George Obeng Appah is sounding a different alarm, “the real prophecy is written in plain sight and we’re ignoring it”, he said.
In a thought-provoking piece, Rev. Fr. George Obeng Appah, the Headmaster of St. Thomas Aquinas SHS, Cantonment warns that Ghana faces a far greater threat than unverified visions, the galamsey menace.
He paints a chilling picture: poisoned rivers, collapsing cocoa farms, deformities in newborns, food shortages, mass displacement, deadly floods, and ghost towns.
“This is not hidden in dreams,” Fr. Appah stresses. “It’s in the muddy waters of the Pra, Ankobra, and Offin… in the bare, scarred earth where lush forests once stood.”
With mercury and cyanide destroying life and livelihoods, he says the prophecy of national ruin is already unfolding. “If we ignore it, 30 million Ghanaians could be at risk,” he warns.
Fr. Appah urges Ghanaians to stop chasing sensational predictions while turning a blind eye to urgent environmental collapse. “True prophecy is meant to guide and prompt action,” he says. “The time to act against galamsey is now, before it fulfils its deadly promise.
By Theresa Kpordzo
