Christian Kwabena Andrews who is popularly called ''Osofo Kyiri Abosom'' is a Ghanaian priest and politician.

Politics

Andrews launched the

Ghana Union Movement The Ghana Union Movement is a political party in Ghana. It was founded by Christian Kwabena Andrews who is also the founder of the Life Assembly Worship Center in Accra. During the launch of the party, he declared that he is "new Kwame Nkrumah" ...

(GUM) in March 2019. During the event, he described himself as the new

Kwame Nkrumah Kwame Nkrumah (born 21 September 190927 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. He was the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, having led the Gold Coast to independence from Britain in 1957. An in ...

and declared that the "spirit of Nkrumah is back". He hoped to be able to break the duopoly between the National Democratic Congress and the

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which have dominated Ghana during the Fourth Republic.

2020 Pandemic

Andrews was keen to have as limited a lockdown period as possible during the

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. He gave the Akufo-Addo government a week to relax the social distancing rules or face the wrath of God.

2020 election

He is the GUM candidate for

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in the

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. He is key to continue with ideas of Kwame Nkrumah, first President of Ghana. He was also keen to have an all inclusive government with a

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as his running mate. Abu Grant Lukeman was thus chosen to be his running mate. Andrews is also well known for being the Founder and General Overseer of Life Assembly Worship Centre.

Politics

2020 Pandemic

2020 election

References

See also