There was an apparent gaffe at the Flagstaff House on Friday, April 29, 2017, when the President Nana Akufo-Addo sat for a photo with the visiting President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow after bilateral talks.
The Pan-African red, gold and green Ghana flag, was pictured turned upside down, in what appears to be an oversight on the part of the protocol office.
The Gambia’s national flag was however represented correctly with its traditional red, blue and green, separated by white stripes.
Indeed, a Foreign Affairs Minister under the John Mahama government, Hanna Tetteh, pointed out this oversight on Twitter, and attributed it the possible distraction of the protocol office.
This isn’t known to be a common occurrence in Ghana, but in 2015, when Charlotte Osei was sworn in as the Electoral Commission Chairperson, she was pictured with the Ghana flag colors upside down, and some onlookers on social media took note.
Hanging a flag upside down in the United States is known to be an officially recognized signal of distress.
However, in places like Hong Kong, it is considered an act of desecration with activist, Cheng Chung-tai, notably arrested and charged with desecrating the national and SAR flags in 2016, after he turned several small flags upside down as an act of protest against China.
However, it is common to see protesters resort to turning flags upside down to voice their displeasure with a particular situation. Most recently this April, demonstrators in Venezuela have paraded their national flag upside down in protests against the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Source: citifmonline
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Though it's very bad, it happened several in the immediate past administration of Pres Mahama o. So no politicisation.
the ***barred word*** leadership is depicting. all this weakness.embarrassing the country and the people is overwhelming...
NDC is doing very well in opposition.it is my prayer that they stay in opposition forever
well we need to ask Bawumia whether this can also be referred to as incompetent or people at the flagstaff house just dont read to know how to fix a common Ghana flag
NOT A BIG DEAL AS NDC CORRUPTION.
These mistakes are becoming tooo many. even a vision challenged person will not commit such mistakes. These guys must keep their eyes on details. The excitement shd be over by now. Nana Akufo Addo must start applying the whip.
We're overusing the term incompetent. Every little thing, we refer to as sign of incompetence.
Maasa 3y3 asem oooo. Ghana. Flag upside-down too turn politics? Anyway you do unto other what you wish them do to you. So if NPP complained about the same issue in the NDC era, then its only fair that the NDC also do same.
If NDC term it happened and we called them incompetent then NPN is equally incompetent or worse because they did not learn