Former National Security Adviser, Brigadier General Joseph Nunoo Mensah is surprised with governments decision to reverse the official name of the seat of government from the Flagstaff House to Jubilee House and has thus described it as a misplaced priority on the part of the Akufo Addo led government.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo gave a hint of the name change when he addressed a meeting with the Upper West Regional House of Chiefs at the presidency on Wednesday.
The name of the building has been a bone of contention between the New Patriotic Party(NPP), and the National Democratic Congress(NDC) for the past decade depending on which party is in government.
When the current administration took power in January 2017, it was unclear whether the government will maintain the current name (Flagstaff House) or reverse it.
The contemplation is likely to be put to rest now because according to President Akufo Addo, the name will be reversed to Jubilee House soon.
But former National Security Adviser, Brig. Gen. Nunoo Mensah in an interview with host of Gold Power Drive, Samuel Eshun, thinks there are more pressing issues to be taken care off by the government than prioritizing a name change.
He is of the view that renaming the edifice from Flagstaff to Jubilee House will not put food on the table of Ghanaians, and that government must rather prioritize the falling living condition of the populace.
‘’I am sitting down in my room this morning thinking about where to find my next food. A man who was twice chief of defense staff, if am hungry at this moment what about the ordinary Ghanaian down there. My heart bleads if I hear some of this issues like changing of name from Flagstaff House to Jubilee House, Founders Day, etc. There are real issues we should be talking about as a nation’’.
He has therefore suggested to the government to build a new edifice and name it Jubilee House if it really wants one than the current practice of renaming existing ones.
‘’No.10 Downing Street is No. 10 Downing Street. You can’t change White House and call it another name. The government should stop this debate and get on with the real job. It is a debate we shouldn’t have time for at this time’’.
It will be recalled that the Akufo Addo government has renamed the Tamale Sports Stadium, the University of Mines and Technology in Tarkwa, amongst others since it assumed power.
Source: Eric Boateng/www.radiogold905.com
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If the kitchen is too hot for you take your passport and leave the country period.Talking is cheap so you think you can talk anyhow.
Really enhia!!! Jubilee, Lubilee, Flagstaff, Staffflag, Glaffstag or whatever eho enhia. Nana enhwe so enye ne ndwuma pa wo ye. This is an unnecessary stuff which diverts attention from all these good and hopeful things going on in the now working GH. Nana wo sesa na wo mo so ba na won abe sesa na aye den? Nana I am your top fan ooo but enema no bi wo ho enhia koraa. Keep your focus. I believe in you bringing GH to its respectable grounding again.
When Atta Mills surreptitiously put up a sign in the dead of the night naming the place ;FlagStaff House it did not put food on anybody's table so if the name is reversed 'to Jubilee House 'it still will not put kenkey on anyones table. Don't talk simply because you have a mouth.
It can never be a misplaced priority if a wrong done is corrected. The President of the day who through his vision erected this edifice found it appropriate in conversant with his visionary roll to name it Jubilee House. Indeed,not without a reason. Why should we allow his political opponent, out of parochial partisant politics, rob him of his noble and composant idea. I think intellectual honesty should prevail over partisan politics.
The senior citizen is over worrying himself and rather disturbing himself and Ghanaians because no government official or the president has called him to debate 'a reverse in name'. why did the NDC waste everybody's time to rename the place from Jubilee to Flagstaff? Were they the ones who built it? I thought they said they were going to use the place for a poultry farm so why are they now struggling over a name? NDC has no shame? #RawlingsSaveNDC
So it was not misplaced priority when ndc changed the name at dawn when you came to power? Senior , please look for your passport and leave the country.
If it was a misplaced priority when NDC changed it, then no problem. But if not, then it is a a case of sour grapes.
The flag staff house has been pulled down so if the NDC govt wants the flagstaff they should build a new one in 2032 when Ghana has more than enough to allow them into govt.
Nunoo Mensah should give us a break. Has the authority or government officials called him to debate of a change of name of any edifice?
The least talk about this old fuuuull Nunoo Mensah the better. I want to let him know if Ghana is too hot and he's dying from hunger he should take his passport and fly away from Ghana. The pressing issue is for ndc cronies to bring back all the monies they stole so we can fix all the problems bcos woyome cash alone can put food on million Ghanaians table. Nunoo Mensah should think b4 talking