Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has urged President Akufo-Addo and his government not to revert the name Flagstaff House to Jubilee House.
Speaking on Peace FM's Kokrokoo, Kweku Baako told host Kwami Sefa Kayi that the government will become a laughing stock of the nation should it change the name.
According to him, the name “Flagstaff House” is a relic of the colonial era of the State and so reflects Ghana's historic background.
Mr. Baako alluded to the regime of Ghana's First President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, who he said left the Flagstaff House untouched for peculiar reasons.
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, he stated, wanted to portray the rich history of the nation and so felt the name, Flagstaff House, should remain.
Mr. Baako advised the Nana Addo government to keep the Flagstaff House, stressing the name change is the best at this time.
He explained that the Kufour administration's naming of the seat of government as Jubilee House was in the right direction because the establishment of the edifice was occasioned by Ghana's 50th anniversary.
However, President Akufo-Addo shouldn't attempt to rename the seat of government (Flagstaff House) to Jubilee House but rather "leave it the way it is now. Changing it to Jubilee House only deepens the ridicule. I sound contradictory. I agree the Jubilee was the right name. It should have been left intact. We didn’t do that. Change it again, we look ridiculous.”
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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herh madam pause there koraaa, who gave that history, madam oya go and join the BECE children and write so that u get a free education to learn more about history and government. Who told u rawlings built that interchange small girls with small IQ, thank God rawlings is alive go to his house and ask him before calling someone kromfuor cos that word best describes the hallmark of ur family. Looking face yet u know nothing
As for today kwaku baako has said the right thing
IT WAS BUILT WHEN GHANA WAS 50 YEARS AND THAT WAS A JUBILEE ANNIVERSARY, SIMPLE; NO POLITICAL CONOTATIONS ULIKE KWAME NKRUMA'S FLAG STAFF HOUSE. AFTER ALL WHO HAS THE SOLE RIGHT TO CHRISTEN THAT HOUSE? IS IT NO THE PEOPLE WHO HAD IT BUILT? WHY SHOULD I BUILD A HOUSE FOR SOMEONE TO CHRISTEN IT? JUBILEE HOUSE ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!
Funny how you display your ignorance and stark illiteracy here every single day: when did Rawlings build Sankara? He didn't build anything. When we tell you people that Ndc people don't read, you get upset. Well maybe you were too young.... (that statement too, trouble!). Those places were all there already. Rawlings just gerrup one day and started naming things. San Kara was his soldier friend. Nothing more. Don't you think the Big 6 are more deserving of this honor, having been the founders of this nation? I bet you don't even know who Ako Adjei is. The fact the k4 had something to do with its renaming makes it bad at once. Sankara did nothing for Ghana. So called First Lady elect, I would advise you to go to the library, better yet, stop wasting your time writing comments and do some research on the internet regarding ghanas history! *drops mic*
Will change of name for reinforcement and alignment put 3 square meals on my family table. NPP should be serious and tackle economic issues rather than changing of names. They should know that they were not voted for to come and change names but instead change our economic lives so that our SHS children will go to school free, our NHIS will bounce back efficiently, pay us -trainee nurses and teachers our allowances, etc that is what they should direct their attention on.
I've built my structure and named it. Some vagsbojds come, didn't even maintain the structure and renamed it. Guess what imma call it when I get back? The original name!
so why didn't they change the name of Osu Castle to Flagstaff House?
IF CHANGING OF NAME IS OF NO SIGNIFICANCE THE LET US GO BACK TO GOLD COAST, UPPER VOLTA, DAHOMEY, IVORY COAST. NAMING IS VERY IMPORTANT TO REFLECT PERSONALITY AND STATUS OF A PERSON OR PERSONIFIED ENTITY. IT REFLECT THE HISTORY, THE CULTURE, THE MINDSET OF THE ENTITY, THE CHANGING THE NAME TO FLAGSTAFF HOUSE CLEARLY INDICATES THAT THEY HAVE NO VISION FOR GHANA AND THEY HAD NO IDEAS TO TAKE GHANA TO THE PROMISE LAND OF GOLDEN AGE. IF NAMES WERE OF NO SIGNIFICANCE THE FIRME MAN KWAKU BAAKO WOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN THE MALIK.
@Ohene, president Rawlings build Sankara interchange but Kromfour Kufour changed it to Ako Adjei interchange; what do you say about that too? Hypocrisy is killing all of us.
Will change of name bring any benefit to the people of Ghana? I think that we are sometimes not serious as a country. Kuffour should have built this edifice somewhere else and name it Jubilee House. You don't demolish someone's house, build a new one and call it a different name. NPP and their fore bearers just want to kill Nkrumah's legacy. The hatred they had for him at the time is still prevailing. Please, let's move away from these things and live as brothers and sisters.