Religious Affairs Ministry begins national database of shrines, religious sites

Traditional healers undergo registration and licensing The event was organised by the Trado-Afrikan Faith Healers Association in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs and the Traditional Medicine Practice Council.

The Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs has begun efforts to build a national database of shrines, religious sites and their operators as part of measures to improve regulation, planning and recognition of traditional and faith-based institutions.

Chief Registrar at the Ministry, Baafi Nsiah, made the appeal at a mass registration, licensing and sensitisation programme for traditional, indigenous and faith-based healing practitioners in the Ashanti Region.