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Sources close to peacefmonline.com has disclosed that the current seat of government is still Flagstaff House.
According
to the source, President John Dramani Mahama has not endorsed a change
of name. This position is contrary to the information given by Minister
of Information and Media Relations, Mahama Ayariga.
The Minister
of Information on Wednesday revealed in an interview with Kwami
Sefa-Kayi on Peace FM’s “Kokrokoo”, that the Flagstaff House has been
changed to Jubilee Flagstaff House.
According to him, the merger
of Jubilee House and Flagstaff House was to satisfy the two sides;
specifically the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New
Patriotic Party (NPP), adding the focus should not be on the name but on
the kind of work being done at the Jubilee Flagstaff House.
Our
source disclosed that in situations where the President decides to
change the name of the Presidential palace that was completed by the
erstwhile Kufuor’s administration, he would have to call a cabinet
meeting to discuss and reach an agreement before such an information
will come out.
General Secretary of the ruling NDC, Johnson
Asiedu Nketia popularly known as General Mosquito, is said to have
expressed displeasure about the news of a change of name. According to
him, there has not been any discussion whatsoever about the issue,
adding if the President had made such a move, he would have informed
cabinet and the National Executives of the NDC.
Speaking in an
interview on Citi Eye Witness news with Shamima Muslim, Editor of the
Insight newspaper, Alhaji Iddrissu Bature said there was no way the
President would have changed the name knowing that his predecessor, late
President Mills; a man he considers his mentor changed it from
President Kufuor’s Golden Jubilee House to Flagstaff House.
He
said: “…I don’t understand why another President will come from the same
party to change the name. it doesn’t make sense at all…we have all
accepted the Flagstaff House and I don’t know why anybody will attempt
to change that name…” |
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