Pohamba consults church leaders

PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba yesterday met with a delegation from the Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN) for at State House.

The delegation included a host of religious leaders affiliated under the CCN umbrella, including CCN General Secretary Phillip Strydom and Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (Elcin) Bishop Zephania Kameeta. “When you are a performer, you often fail to detect where you are going wrong.But others see where you are wrong,” Pohamba said when welcoming his visitors, who were invited at his personal request.Pohamba said that the meeting formed part of a programme he had set for himself to consult with leaders of various political parties, non-governmental organisations, churches and trade unions.After emerging from a two-hour closed door session, the CCN’s Strydom said that issues raised included the moral decay in Namibian society, and issues facing the church and hampering the work of the church, such as delays in work permits for church workers abroad.”When you are a performer, you often fail to detect where you are going wrong.But others see where you are wrong,” Pohamba said when welcoming his visitors, who were invited at his personal request.Pohamba said that the meeting formed part of a programme he had set for himself to consult with leaders of various political parties, non-governmental organisations, churches and trade unions.After emerging from a two-hour closed door session, the CCN’s Strydom said that issues raised included the moral decay in Namibian society, and issues facing the church and hampering the work of the church, such as delays in work permits for church workers abroad.