The Diamond Jubilee celebrations estimated to cost the country some GHS20million “is a complete waste of time and money”, former Coordinator of the National Youth Authority, Dr Sekou Nkrumah, has said.
President Nana Akufo-Addo revealed on Thursday February 9 that the celebration of Ghana’s 60th anniversary would cost a total of GHS20million.
He revealed this during the unveiling of the Ghana@60 celebration on Thursday, February 9 at the Flagstaff House.
The president was quick to add that “corporate Ghana in particular will provide the funds for the anniversary” and that his ambition was to commemorate the anniversary “with a minimum or no burden at all on the national treasury”.
Mr Akufo-Addo had earlier promised a modest celebration during the inauguration of the planning committee.
However, the son of Dr Kwame Nkrumah, who guided Ghana, then Gold Coast, to independence in 1957 and later became its first president, was of the view that the celebration was needless and “we should get serious” with developmental matters instead.
He took to his Facebook wall on Friday February 10 to express his reservations about the anniversary.
Source: classfmonline.com
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It is Sekou's view and so is the President and that settles it. As to its economic importance it should be emphasized that even though some may suggest we have nothing to show for to warrant such a celebration, the fact that money will be spent on goods and services in itself enures great benefits to the economy because of spending more so if funding is from the private sector. Capiche?
For me you celebrate when there is something to celebrate but in the case of Ghana WHAT HAVE WE GOT TO CELEBRATE IN MOTHER GHANA AND TO USE $5 million of tax payers money including 'KAYAEI' taxes ; whilst at the same time we do not even have paracetemol at our hospital dispensaries to give to people who are sick ; there are no incubators in our hospitals ; women are lying on hospital floors and this government thinks it wise to spend such amount on celebration ; in other words 'NOKOFIO' for the boys ; NANA ADDO WE ARE WATCHING YOU OOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
If Seku thinks that it is a waste of time and money then I expect him to equally come out to declare that the celebration and declaration of his fathers birthday 21 Sept every year as a holiday is a total waste of money and time. Has he thought of the money the nation and individuals lose a day just because of his dead father's birthday. Is Ghana not bigger than his father?. If Nana had announced that this money was going to be used to celebrate his father's birthday he would have defended it
Clearly some people are just ...... elites? In an African country an Independent day was called off cos there was nothing to celebrate. I tot Nana was that type of president who was smart.
THE PRESIDENET SAYS 20MILLION GHANA CEDIS AND CORPERATE GHANA IS GOING TO FOOT THE BILL AND SHALLOW MINDED GHANAIANS ARE TALKING, WHERE IS IT STATED THAT TAXPAYER'S MONEY WAS GOING TO BE USED. UNLIKE THOSE CELEBRATIONS WHERE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY HAD FOOT EVERY PESEWA OF THE BILL HERE IT IS CORPERATE GHANA AND IT IS A BUDGET OR AN ESTIMATE. INDIVIDUALS SHOULD UNDER THE AKUFFO ADDO'S GEVERNMENT LEARN TO UNDERSTAND ISSUES THAN DRAWING HASTY CONCLUSIONS. THIS IS TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR MONIES ARE SAFE.CORPERATE IS NOT THE BUDGET OF GHANA OSEKOU.
Eeiii Sekou have u stopped the drugs...? Alhassan your guy at labor says he's no longer going to gve u heroin regardless you pay or not cos u don't act normal....also Reggie at Osu says the weed no longer gets you high...please don't go crazy
Serous is a waste pipe
time to steal our money. Akuffo addo's big head
Sekou,do you have shame at all,where have you been the past 6 years? Where were you when a whooping 41 million ghc was paid through CLAS?,i mean create, loot and share, now all of a sudden you found your voice, you're soo much of a disappointment
I agree this is total waste of money we do not have, but I find it difficult to believe that people like Sekou have now found their voice. I didn't even know he was still alive.