General News of Saturday, 7 February 2026Source: www.ghanaweb.comPrivate legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has identified Ghana’s unemployment crisis as the primary engine driving the rise of "mushroom churches" and the subsequent wave of failed electoral prophecies. Kpebu did not mince words, describing the proliferation of smaller, unregulated churches as a direct symptom of a failing job market. “Mushroom churches are an escape route for unemployment,” Kpebu stated. The discussion follows the defeat of Kennedy Agyapong in the recent New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential primaries. Inside the NPP 2026 Presidential Primaries: The big winners and the 'bruised'Several high-profile “prophets” had publicly predicted a victory for the former Assin Central MP, but those predictions were eventually disproven by the official results.

Source: GhanaWeb February 07, 2026 09:09 UTC