Churches in Ho obeyed President's directive

Shia Roman Catholic Church was locked as at 8am

Following President Nana Akufo-Addo's recent directives, a temporal ban on church services among other public gatherings as measures to prevent the spread of the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19), many churches in the Volta region has observed the idea.

A tour in the Volta Regional capital Ho on Sunday, March, 22 2020 saw most churches in the city been locked, with not even a sexton in or around the church premises, while leaders of some the churches who could not stay at home were seen loitering around the church yard, others praying while taking a walk at the church yard.

R/C Church, Ho Asisi Parish was equally empty 

A visit to some of the big churches, the Church of Pentecost Fiave Central,  Fiave Global  Evangelical Church, Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Bankoe, some Roman Catholic Churches including Asisi Parish at Police Depot and Evangelical Presbyterian Church, RTC branch, their premises were very quiet.

Church gate was heavily locked

The usual musical sounds and loud prayers in tongue were not experienced anymore, not even a heavy human traffic around the Ho Central market as it used to be on Sundays when people are commonly seen awaiting taxi or walking to their various churches.

A voyage before midday to some communities, Shia, Tanyigbe, Tokokoe and Nyive within the Ho Municipality, churches were not organized, some residents were seen on the streets not in church outfits.

Church of Pentecost, Fiave Central as at 9am 

Some street preachers in the Municipality have also mounted mobile speakers at vantage points, preaching the gospel and urging believers to be prayerful amidst the situation.