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Covid-19: Akufo-Addo Only Banned Weddings, Not Marriages – Oppong Nkrumah
Information Minister-designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has stated that marriages can still go on despite the ban on weddings by President Akufo-Addo.
According to him the only matter of concern is the full blown wedding with many invited guests, however, marriages are allowed.
“The president did not ban burial service because the activity of burial, we actually encourage to go on… What is banned is the funeral where typically in the Ghanaian community we will all gather, shake hands, the announcement of people, then they’ll call for a song, people will come and dance, where there is a little party associated with it. That is what has been banned,” he noted at a press briefing Tuesday.
He further explained: “In the same way, when it comes to marriage, what the president has said is that, what in Ghana we call wedding, the full-blown wedding where we have a big party with reception and people dancing and people eating, siting at reception tables, etc, that is what has been banned,” he added.
“We’ve got a lot of requests about so what if somebody is having a church service, which is allowed, and they choose to bless their marriage there as part of the church service. I’m not sure that is what has been banned. It’s the wedding. The full-blown wedding with it’s reception and social activity associated with it is what has been banned”.
