Reverend Boakye Dankwa, President of the Ghana Association of Faith Healers and Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs), on Tuesday asked operators of prayer and healing camps, to regularise their activities by obtaining operation licenses.
Speaking at a day's sensitization workshop in Takoradi, for members of the association in the Western Region, Rev. Dankwa said those who have not registered with the body would be sanctioned for operating illegally.
He said a national registration exercise was on-going to weed out charlatans from the association.
Rev. Dankwa expressed concern about the chaining of mental patients in some prayer camps and warned that such acts contravene the code of ethics of the association and also infringe the human rights of the victims.
He advised members of the association to refer all cases beyond their competence to health facilities and desist from publicly proclamation of people as witches.
Mr Francis Akakpo, Registrar of the Traditional Medicine Practitioners Council, urged faith healers and TBAs to strive to improve their performance in order to attract government assistance.
He noted that the council would gain greater recognition when its members register and obtain professional licences.