The growing trend of money-doubling schemes in Ghana’s media space has drawn sharp criticism from the Clergy Forum for Fairness (CFF), a religious advocacy group, calling for tougher legal action beyond the jailing of individual perpetrators.
Speaking at a press conference in Accra on July 6, 2025, the President of the Forum, Rev. Paul Fiifi Baidoo, condemned the National Communications Authority (NCA) for its continued inaction and leniency toward media outlets that promote or tolerate such fraudulent activities.
Rev. Baidoo described money-doubling scams as a “life-threatening criminal enterprise” that must not be treated lightly.
He emphasised that some media houses have become fertile grounds for these deceitful practices, allowing spiritualists and self-acclaimed men of God to exploit vulnerable citizens living on air.
This press briefing comes on the heels of the recent sentencing of Evangelist Patricia Asiedu, popularly known as Okomfo Agradaa, to 15 years in prison over charges related to defrauding by false pretence through money-doubling claims.
While acknowledging the importance of Agradaa’s conviction, the CFF president insisted that real change will not happen unless media owners and their management teams who give platforms to such fraudulent acts are also held accountable by law.
The Clergy Forum for Fairness is therefore urging the Ghana Police Service to launch a comprehensive investigation into TV and radio stations that regularly host such spiritual scams—often disguised as religious programs—where phrases like “Send, Let Me Send” are used to dupe unsuspecting viewers.
The group stressed that if Ghana truly seeks to build a morally upright society, the state must enforce the law without fear or favour and crack down on all individuals and institutions involved in this growing deception.
Source: Oyerepafmonline.com
