Assin South MP and Senior Pastor of Victory Bible Church International’s Higher Heights Sanctuary in East Legon, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has appealed to President John Dramani Mahama to intervene in regulations banning preaching on moving commercial vehicles.
He argues that the restriction could expose pastors and evangelists to imprisonment for sharing their faith with passengers.
Rev. Ntim Fordjour, who is also the Ranking Member of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, said he had been preaching on commercial buses since around 2007, when he began evangelising in Tarkwa.
He questioned why the practice was now being treated as a nuisance and urged the President to direct the authorities to withdraw the regulation.
“Mr President, please order them to abandon this bogus regulation which seeks to jail innocent Pastors and Evangelists simply for preaching in buses,” he wrote in a social media post.
The MP also questioned whether the regulation reflected President Mahama’s position or was being introduced by ministers without his approval.
“Or is this also part of the unpopular policies your Ministers are pushing without your approval? Who is really in charge in this govt?” he asked.
His comments follow the enforcement of the Road Traffic Regulations, 2026 (L.I. 2519), which prohibit preaching and hawking on public service vehicles while they are in motion.
Under the regulations, offenders face a fine of between 10 and 50 penalty units, imprisonment for up to eight months, or both.
Despite the restrictions, Rev. Ntim Fordjour maintained that he would continue preaching in public spaces.
