President John Mahama
Sycophancy has now assumed the status of an occupation practised by many seeking favour from politicians whose party is in power.
It has become so widespread that not even the pulpits is being spared, including chieftaincy institutions.
The anomaly started slowly until gaining this worrying notoriety.
One of the archbishops of a thriving charismatic church is one man who has perfected what can be described as politics in the pulpit—his utterances and endorsement of political figures irritating to the ears.
Politicians, especially those who are relishing their tenures, must be very careful about these persons including church leaders who should know better.
Such pulpit politics, unsurprisingly, is not something the orthodox churches do—theirs steeped in age-old church traditions of strength of character. Their respect is therefore intact and not subject to verbal attacks as are their charismatic counterparts.
Turning their attention to President John Mahama following the recent state-organised national thanksgiving religious programme, they are falling over each other to encourage the breaching of the constitution. They want