Dr Lawrence Tetteh, a Ghanaian international evangelist, has asked the Executive to strive to develop the country's human resource to fast- track the progress of the country, instead of the over-emphasis on the oil and gas find.
He noted that less mineral endowed countries like Singapore and South Korea have proved that harnessing human resources is the convenient and more scientific means of facilitating development.
Dr Tetteh, also an Economist and International Relations expert, made the request at a press conference to outdoor a three-day revival being organised by the Somanya Diocese
of the Methodist Church at Dodowa and his Ministry- Worldwide Miracle Outreach of UK, as part of the National Week of Prayer, Fasting and Thanksgiving.
President John Evans Atta Mills in consultation with the Christian leadership
designated the week spanning March 7 to March 13 as a period to offer intercessory prayers for the nation.
Dr Tetteh said a number of countries had struck oil and gas and other mineral resources
in large quantities but the results were there for all to see.
He expressed the need for Ghana to use the week to forge a united front to tackle the problems confronting the nation.
"We need a massive united front. Everyone must put his or her hands on the plough.
"Ghanaians must also learn from the mistakes of the past," he said, stressing on the division that undermined the founding fathers of the country.
Dr Tetteh said the Big Six- Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Emmanuel Obetsebi- Lamptey, Edward
Akuffo Addo, J.B. Danquah, Ebenezer Ako Adjei and William Ofori Atta could not achieve their goals due to their differences.
He said Ghanaians must not allow political ideologies to distract the national development agenda.
Dr Tetteh asked the Clergy to use the week as a platform to enhance national reconciliation, saying "true reconciliation come through Jesus Christ".
Right Reverend Albert Ofoe Wright, Bishop of the Somanya Diocese said most people were living without the obvious presence of God and expressed the need for mankind to connect spiritually with the Lord to protect the country's fledging
democracy and bind the society together.
He stressed: "Mentally we must be focussed, physically we must be energised."
Rt. Rev. Wright said success was not the absence of problems but the power to overcome obstacles and described the revival as a deal with the Lord Jesus Christ, which no one should miss.
Evangelist Kwabena Kodua of the Gracious Seed Ministries, asked Ghanaians to put their hands on the wheel of progress and let God be at the forefront of their undertakings.
He also called for politics of engagement irrespective of ones creed or ethnic background.