Seasoned journalist, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has subtly called for a change of name of the country’s only international airport; Kotoka.
Speaking on Peace FM's ''Kokrokoo'' Friday morning, the Editor-in-Chief of the Insight newspaper argued that Ghanaians tend to celebrate coup heroes but fear coup d'état.
To him, keeping the name "Kotoka" inspires coup d'état to happen in Ghana.
"When I return from abroad, I pass through Kotoka International Airport. There are some inconsistencies there. If we don't subscribe to coup, we should boldly say so, but if we want coup, then we want it. How do you tell me you abhor coup but still consider coup makers as national heroes? Just take a stroll around the capital (Accra) and see streets named after coup makers", he told host Kwami Sefa Kayi.
He also alluded to a statement by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo expressing his admiration for the late Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings, something that Mr. Pratt finds extremely strange.
"...our own President His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has publicly declared that one of his inspirations in politics is a coup maker in the person of Mr. Jerry John Rawlings...So, if in our estimation coups are bad, they are bad but if it is good, then let's accept it!", he said.
Mr. Pratt further questioned Ghana's position on the recurrence of coup d'état, saying "if we have admitted that something good can come out of coup, then let's accept it".
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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For the second time, i agree with mr pratt. Kofi Annan is the best and most appropriate person to have his name on the nation's foremost international airport.
Well, that is Ghana for you; a whole lot of contradictions when it comes to recognizing and appreciating the real heroes in our colonial and post-independence Ghanaian politics. A case in point is the discrepancies surrounding the recognition by honoring, otherwise, the univocal role played by the Big Six. Seminarily, there is no fault in honoring Kotoka, a coup-maker, by naming the Ghana International Airport after him and executing his counterpart, Gen. Afrifa, by firing squad for the same reason. It does not bother me much if Kwesi Pratt, of all the journallists today, seeks to unjustify the naming of the airport after Kotoka.
THIS KOTOKA NAME SHOULD HAVE BEEN VCHANGE LONG TIME AGO NAMING IT AFTER DR. NKRUMAH WILL HAVE BEEN BETTER FOR PEACE SAKE PLEASE MR PRESIDENT OR SANKOFA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.
Kwesi, why didn't you advise President Limann to change the name of the airport when your party was in power from 1979 to 1981?
Does it mean we should also change the name of Rawlings park to something else?
@Kjei you are rather crazy, ***barred word*** and ***barred word***, we glorify nation wreckers and ***barred word*** government led by western puppet who only seek their selfish interest over the nation the overthrow of OSAGYEFO is the mess we are in right now
Wow! Pure lunacy or what? Really shocked by this guy’s comment. Hmm!