Ghana has apologised for plagiarising a photo of a Kenyan high-rise building used as the cover of government’s ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ strategy document launched by President Nana Akufo-Addo on May 1.
The use of the photo of Dawit Insurance Agency Limited headquarters in Nairobi as the cover page of the strategy document triggered criticism against the government, with some describing the act as embarrassing.
Critics were shocked by how government officials led President Nana Addo Dankwa AKufo-Addo to show off the document with the plagiarised photo on a national event televised live on television.
This is the original photo of Dawit Insurance that was plagiarised in the Ghana Beyond Aid strategy document
“As if the issue of the President plagiarizing people’s speeches wasn’t bad enough, they have once again photoshopped a skyline from Nairobi and that’s what you see when you open the Ghana Beyond Aid document,” MP Kumbungu Ras Mubarak told Starr FM.
He could not fathom why persons behind the document turned a blind eye to Accra’s skyline and even more exciting ones in developed country’s to choose Kenya’s skyline.
Government officials were said to initially downplayed the issue and asked Ghanaians to rather focus attention on the content of the document that seeks to guide Ghana towards an irreversible pathway of progress and prosperity.
But a day after the issue emerged, the committee in charge of the Ghana Beyond Aid has issued a statement to apologise to the President and Ghanaians and taken full responsibility for what it termed as error.
“The Committee apologises unreservedly to the President and the nation for this error,” the statement signed by Secretary to the Committee, Dr Eric Yeboah said.
It said the Committee “takes full responsibility for it” and are currently “ensuring that the cover page of the document is replaced before bulk copies are printed for widespread circulation.
“We regret this error, once again,” it added.
Source: 3news.com
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LOL!! LOOK AT HOW THE INCOMPETENT AND CLUELESS NANA IS BRANDISHING KENYA'S HARDWORK.WHEN THEY GIVE HIM DOCUMENTS,MASSA LOOK INSIDE SMALL AND STOP DISPLAYING CRASS INCOMPETENCE!! AND THE MEDIA IS QUIET!!??
First, it was barwumia who was misled to share expired products, now its nana addo himself. In fact nana addo has been misled twice, first it was agyarko and now this. Is this the competence they promise? So all that nana addo and barwumia are doing is just read anything they are handed to without verifying its authenticity? Asem oo!
Not surprising to me at all. If they president began his presidency plagiarizing his inaugural speech what else can't his appointees also do.
HEHEHHE, they deceived the president this is Ghana..and he happily lifted it up without checking..Gh dey be k3k3
it is so shameful to make such an error. People must be made to account for their errors. Someone must resign for this.
Thumbs up Eric and team for taking full responsibility of the error. That's the way to go. 👍
Very shameful. This is a lesson in not appointing serious,competent and inventive people. Party people and tribesmen know whatever they do they will not be punished. Airport City has better and modern building why this shameful act. Ghana is a laughing stock. Rockson Bukari, will any of these people also resign?