Renaming Flagstaff House 'deepens the ridicule' - Kweku Baako

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BECCA 7 years ago

god bless Ghana
respectful president my ass! ever since Akufo Addo became president of Ghana, women are no more safe! vagina assault in kumasi, and raping own daughter became the order of the day by this invisible forces! we ...
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god bless Ghana
respectful president my ass! ever since Akufo Addo became president of Ghana, women are no more safe! vagina assault in kumasi, and raping own daughter became the order of the day by this invisible forces! we didn't vote for this disgraceful behavior! invisible forces keep on terrorizing Ghanaians women and children. NANA is the president now and if he can't control his own terrorist, then NANA must resign now. we don't want terrorist president!!! God bless Ghana!
AGBEVE AGBENYEGA 7 years ago

Nana must focus on fixing the economy to make life comfortable for Ghanaians. Changing names of monuments and facilities will not contribute anything to the material well-being of Ghanaians. Nana should remember the plight of ...
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Nana must focus on fixing the economy to make life comfortable for Ghanaians. Changing names of monuments and facilities will not contribute anything to the material well-being of Ghanaians. Nana should remember the plight of the numerous "kayayees" (head potters) that voted for him to win power and come to where he is now.
Lion man 7 years ago

Idiotic fool

Idiotic fool
victory 7 years ago

Assumptions or facts? Which part ot kumasi do u stay? And how sure are u that npp is behind ur so called allegations?

Assumptions or facts? Which part ot kumasi do u stay? And how sure are u that npp is behind ur so called allegations?
ibn abudu @ NPP FOUNDING MEMBER@YYZ 7 years ago

I wholly support you , partisanship should be out of this . government should humbly leave the name Flagstaff house

I wholly support you , partisanship should be out of this . government should humbly leave the name Flagstaff house
Truth 7 years ago

NDC is the one causing all the confusion.

NDC is the one causing all the confusion.
Steve 7 years ago

I also do support,that's rubbbish!is that going to have any positive impact on the economy?howmany times did presidents try to change the of the white house?

I also do support,that's rubbbish!is that going to have any positive impact on the economy?howmany times did presidents try to change the of the white house?
Odikro 7 years ago

You can name your own house Flagstaff House if you don't want to forget that vestige of colonialism.

You can name your own house Flagstaff House if you don't want to forget that vestige of colonialism.
Joe 7 years ago

I agree the name Flagstaff house to be changed to Jubilee house because there is a history to that name. Allowing the Flagstaff house which tags the colonial mentality on us as a nation should not be allowed to stay. NDC with ...
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I agree the name Flagstaff house to be changed to Jubilee house because there is a history to that name. Allowing the Flagstaff house which tags the colonial mentality on us as a nation should not be allowed to stay. NDC with no sense of reasoning changed it which was the wrong thing to do. This is a party that rediculed this house as fit for a poultry farm and i believe they do not have stake in it and should have continued to govern from the slave dungeon of the catle. I believe the name should be reversed to what it was before "Jubilee house".
Charles Agbenu 7 years ago

What was the name of the Location before it became FLAGSTAFF house?
The argument will never end if we go into the 18th and 17th century.

After all, the old Flagstaff House building is stll there. It should remain FLAGSTAF ...
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What was the name of the Location before it became FLAGSTAFF house?
The argument will never end if we go into the 18th and 17th century.

After all, the old Flagstaff House building is stll there. It should remain FLAGSTAFF house.
But the newly built building can assume the name JUBILEE house.
Remember we have Gogotha where Jesus was crucified, which is still in the GETHSEMANE gardens.
THE Flagstaff House can still be in the JUBILEE HOUSE.
I reject Kwaku Baako points.
the capitalist 7 years ago

Others were naming the circle interchange, Dubai.
Nonsense, the name is JUBILEE HOUSE.
Baako, give birth to your children and let your wife's ex do the naming for you.
Just shut up.

Others were naming the circle interchange, Dubai.
Nonsense, the name is JUBILEE HOUSE.
Baako, give birth to your children and let your wife's ex do the naming for you.
Just shut up.
Observer 7 years ago

How about No.42 (or whatever) Independence Avenue. Nothing political about that! Oooops. "Independence" there. How about No. 42 Voltalia Way?
Have you got nothing else to think about?

How about No.42 (or whatever) Independence Avenue. Nothing political about that! Oooops. "Independence" there. How about No. 42 Voltalia Way?
Have you got nothing else to think about?
Kwetteh 7 years ago

Flagstaff house means exactly what it says. It is the place of work of those who serve the flag (nation) most directly. When it was upgraded, the name, neutral as it is, should have remained. It should never have been re-name ...
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Flagstaff house means exactly what it says. It is the place of work of those who serve the flag (nation) most directly. When it was upgraded, the name, neutral as it is, should have remained. It should never have been re-named Jubilee House. If a new structure was built somewhere else, that could have had its own name. Afuffo-Addo must pick his battles carefully. This is a high cost, low return "investment".
Tibaa 7 years ago

Very great comment. At times I wonder whether our politicians are possessed by the devil of STUPIDITY.

Very great comment. At times I wonder whether our politicians are possessed by the devil of STUPIDITY.
Hanson 7 years ago

Then Ghana should have maintained the Pound as our currency, by your logic. The NDC, bereft of ideas, decided to embark on a silly project of renaming everything Kufuor did. Look at the divisions it has created among Ghanaian ...
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Then Ghana should have maintained the Pound as our currency, by your logic. The NDC, bereft of ideas, decided to embark on a silly project of renaming everything Kufuor did. Look at the divisions it has created among Ghanaians because of this stupid action of Mills/Mahama.
Kwetteh 7 years ago

The white House has undergone may upgrades and renovations since it was built both by Republicans and Democrats but it is still the White House. Yes, colonialism is part of our legacy and heritage good or bad. We don't have t ...
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The white House has undergone may upgrades and renovations since it was built both by Republicans and Democrats but it is still the White House. Yes, colonialism is part of our legacy and heritage good or bad. We don't have to throw everything out. After all, we are communicating in English, Sir.
joe,boston 7 years ago

I never thought I will ever agree with Kweku Baako on anything, but this is an exception. By the way, what is in a name?

I never thought I will ever agree with Kweku Baako on anything, but this is an exception. By the way, what is in a name?
Steve 7 years ago

Nana stop that stupidity i'm an npp fan but i don't buy that idea!b'cos the president will like to call it another name.If u are confortable with the name u can come work from your house.

Nana stop that stupidity i'm an npp fan but i don't buy that idea!b'cos the president will like to call it another name.If u are confortable with the name u can come work from your house.
Snr Citizen 7 years ago

I thought Nana will govern positively. Why waste time and resources on things that will bring nothing to the table. Why waste scarce resources printing new letter heads and other documents at the seat of government when Nana ...
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I thought Nana will govern positively. Why waste time and resources on things that will bring nothing to the table. Why waste scarce resources printing new letter heads and other documents at the seat of government when Nana told us during his SONA that Ghana is so broke? So we were being deceived? What's happened so far is very disheartening, to say the least. Ghanaians must not be taken for a ride by any politician.
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Emefa 7 years ago

stop deceiving the people

stop deceiving the people
OKOROMANSA 7 years ago

THE OSU CASTLE IS BIG ENOUGH AND ANCIENT ENOUGH FOR A COLONIAL RELIC IN GHANA. WE ALREADY HAVE MORE - CAPE COAST, ELMINA, ANOMABO, SHAMA AND A FEW OTHER COLONIAL MONUMENTS OR EDIFICES. KWAKU DON'T WORRY.

THE OSU CASTLE IS BIG ENOUGH AND ANCIENT ENOUGH FOR A COLONIAL RELIC IN GHANA. WE ALREADY HAVE MORE - CAPE COAST, ELMINA, ANOMABO, SHAMA AND A FEW OTHER COLONIAL MONUMENTS OR EDIFICES. KWAKU DON'T WORRY.
Yaw 7 years ago

Kotoka international airport should be changed. Fragstaf should also be changed.

Kotoka international airport should be changed. Fragstaf should also be changed.
TUTUGYAGU 7 years ago

ex president Kuffour named the building Jubilee house, ex president Atta Mills changes it to Flagstaff house, president Akuffo Ado changes it back to Jubilee house. Then the petty discussions and the hullabaloo goes on and ...
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ex president Kuffour named the building Jubilee house, ex president Atta Mills changes it to Flagstaff house, president Akuffo Ado changes it back to Jubilee house. Then the petty discussions and the hullabaloo goes on and on. What's all this crap and money wasting b/s about?. Our leaders better get serious and set their priorities straight.
Awal. 7 years ago

Whatsoever; this wouldn't add any value, Ghana forward ever; had become backwards always, unreasonable decision.

Whatsoever; this wouldn't add any value, Ghana forward ever; had become backwards always, unreasonable decision.
ONETIME 7 years ago

Flagstaff Hse is an affront to the dignity of the Ghanaian. Jubilee Hse is restrictive in what the seat of gov't should be.
It needs a new name acceptable to all with input from all.
The name must and should change.

Flagstaff Hse is an affront to the dignity of the Ghanaian. Jubilee Hse is restrictive in what the seat of gov't should be.
It needs a new name acceptable to all with input from all.
The name must and should change.
Okomfo,London 7 years ago

Mr Kwaku Baako is talking trash.

Mr Kwaku Baako is talking trash.
Okomfo,London 7 years ago

Kwaku Baako is talking trash.

Kwaku Baako is talking trash.
hor 7 years ago

How can Okomfo justify his comment that Kwaku Baako is talking trash? He has persuaded me by his analytical submission. No insults intended,but there was a drunkard in my village who disagreed with what everyone said without ...
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How can Okomfo justify his comment that Kwaku Baako is talking trash? He has persuaded me by his analytical submission. No insults intended,but there was a drunkard in my village who disagreed with what everyone said without giving any reason for his stand. Nobody therefore took him serious. So far,I think Mr Kwaku Baako makes more sense even though I looking at that edifice would probably settle for the Golden Stool but for the fact that it is tied to the Ashanti kingdom and may not have a national appeal. Kwaku Baako therefore makes sense to me on this one while we wait for the debate on a National language and maybe National dance, National food and National dress. Well, my brothers and sisters, fasten your seatbelts for there's turbulence ahead.
Life 7 years ago

Don't care what you call it. It belongs to all Ghanaians . I just want to be able to take a picture in front of it without some ignorant goat deeming it a security risk. That's all. We are so paranoid about pictures it is rid ...
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Don't care what you call it. It belongs to all Ghanaians . I just want to be able to take a picture in front of it without some ignorant goat deeming it a security risk. That's all. We are so paranoid about pictures it is ridiculous!!!
EBO KOBINA 7 years ago

ARE WE NOT IN A DEMOCRACY ? WHERE EVERY DECISION CONCERNING THE WELFARE OF THE NATION IS DISCUSSED BY A GROUP OF GOOD THINKING ADULTS .WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WORD CONSENSUS ? OR WE ARE JUST PROVING OURSELVES TO BE BACKWARD AFRI ...
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ARE WE NOT IN A DEMOCRACY ? WHERE EVERY DECISION CONCERNING THE WELFARE OF THE NATION IS DISCUSSED BY A GROUP OF GOOD THINKING ADULTS .WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WORD CONSENSUS ? OR WE ARE JUST PROVING OURSELVES TO BE BACKWARD AFRICANS . THIS IS NOT THE TIME OF YOUR PRIMITIVE CHIEFTANCY NOR A MONARCHY . LETS START BEHAVING LIKE ADULTS AND STOP THIS FOOLISHNESS . PLEASE TACKLE MATTERS OF NATIONAL INTEREST OR GO BACK TO YOUR VILLAGE TO INHERIT CHIEFTANCY .THIS IS JUST A CHIRADE OR A VENDETTA .WAKE UP PEOPLE , SOME PEOPLE ARE EXPLORING THE UNKNOWN PARTS OF OUR UNIVERSE ,BUT THE AFRICAN IS FIGHTING OVER CARS AND NAMES OF STATE BUILDINGS . ALL THESE PROBLEMS COULD HAVE BEEN RESOLVED WITHOUT ANY PUBLICITY . NEXT TIME , FORM A GROUP OF REASONABLE PEOPLE AND DISCUSS SUCH ISSUES OF NATIONAL INTEREST UNDER QUITE ATMOSPHERE , BEFORE YOU COME OUT WITH THE DECISSION . STOP DISTURBING THE SOCIETY WITH SUCH CHILDISH TOPICS . KUDOS , KWEKU BAAKO .
SeThooO 7 years ago

wise man

wise man
Don't Politicize That House! 7 years ago

The Flagstaff House has been there since Nkrumah. Who was more anti-colonial than Nkrumah and yet he never found it necessary to change the name. After all "flagstaff" is an English word, just as "jubilee" is. We should not p ...
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The Flagstaff House has been there since Nkrumah. Who was more anti-colonial than Nkrumah and yet he never found it necessary to change the name. After all "flagstaff" is an English word, just as "jubilee" is. We should not play political football with the name of the seat of government. Why, after all, should we choose Jubilee, which has to do with celebrating? What are we celebrating about? Our hunger, our corruption, our self-inflicted poverty? Is it a way of plastering over the stark reality? Or is it going to be a celebration on the part of the occupant of the house, a charming living on his/her part while the rest of us suffer, an Animal Farm kind of situation? Our joy should not come from the name of that house depicting celebration. It should come from the occupants working for the well-being of the people. Please don't remind us of joy when we are a million miles from it. We cannot be indoctrinated! We cannot be in Animal Farm any more. Jubilant? Are we now learning to savor our Independence, sixty years after the fact? Then, call that house Jubilation House, for that is what the proponents of the change want to say. Surely they want to be that fanciful, like children, like ones who wake up from a dream in which they were fancy dressers! Let Flagstaff House alone and mind serious business. Because a different government will come and find the changed name distasteful and partisanly. The military governments we had over the years never found a cause to change it because they never found anything partisan with it. Nothing colonial. That's the true picture. Let no politician pretend that it sounds colonialistic. That will be a big lie. It's simply an adorable English word. And it carries a lot of weight. It is clean. Unless the people in that house want to tell us that jubilation is what describes their daily lives there and that they want to portray it to the rest of the world against the reality outside that house. "Jubilee" looks saccharine, mawkish.
PaPa Nii 7 years ago

I suppose Kwame Nkrumah named the Independent Gold Coast "Ghana" for a reason.Why do we want to maintain colonial names when this edifice was built purposefully to mark 50 years of our independence.In anycase I doubt if NDC c ...
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I suppose Kwame Nkrumah named the Independent Gold Coast "Ghana" for a reason.Why do we want to maintain colonial names when this edifice was built purposefully to mark 50 years of our independence.In anycase I doubt if NDC changed the renamed it "Flagstaff House" for love of Ghana but rather as " campaign promise " just like 4 years SHS to 3 years despite clear evidence of improved performance by students. NDC always want to have their way...in a way "they are spoilt"
Paa Joe 7 years ago

AKUFFO ADDO AND HIS NEWLY ELECTED NPP GOVERNMENT CAN CHANGE THE NAME OF THE SEAT OF THE PRSIDENT TO BUSIA, KUFFOUR,AKYIM, DOMBO,GA,DANQUAH AND JUBILEE HOUSE, IT WILL NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE COUNTRY.

THE NATION WILL ...
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AKUFFO ADDO AND HIS NEWLY ELECTED NPP GOVERNMENT CAN CHANGE THE NAME OF THE SEAT OF THE PRSIDENT TO BUSIA, KUFFOUR,AKYIM, DOMBO,GA,DANQUAH AND JUBILEE HOUSE, IT WILL NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE COUNTRY.

THE NATION WILL STILL BE ECONOMIC BACKWARD, UNDERDEVELOPED AND HEAVILY INDEPTED POOR COUNTRY(HIPC)IN THE WORLD.

HAS ANY PARTY THAT CAME TO POWER IN BRITAIN AND USA CHANGED THE NAME OF THE NUMBER 10 DOWWING STREET AND THE WHITE HOUSE.

THIS CLEARLY INDICATES HOW PRIMITIVE NPP POLITICIANS ARE IN THE 21st CENTURY.

WITHOUT NEW THINKING THE SO CALLED DOMBO-BAFFOUR AKOTO-DANQUAH AND BUSIA TRADITION WILL CONTINUE TO HAMMER ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN GHANA

EDUCATED BUT THE COUNTRY IS STILL IN THE MIDST PF POVERTY.

VERY DISGRACEFUL ON THEIR SO CALLED ACQUIRED ACADEMIC DEGREES AND PHD TITLES.
Reverend. Dan 7 years ago

New king, new law/rules. Leave Nana Addo alone to implement what he feels is best for the country. Why do you want to go back to colonialism. It's hard for Africa and to accept change. We want to remain poor and think backwar ...
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New king, new law/rules. Leave Nana Addo alone to implement what he feels is best for the country. Why do you want to go back to colonialism. It's hard for Africa and to accept change. We want to remain poor and think backwards instead of moving forward away from the past. When you become the president, you can name it colonia
COLLINS ANANE BONSU.ITALY 7 years ago

Why should Ghanaians sound so hypocritical.? Why can't we blame the one who unnecessarily complicated and changed the name from the Jubilee House to the Flagstaff House?
A president in his own wisdom has put up an edi ...
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Why should Ghanaians sound so hypocritical.? Why can't we blame the one who unnecessarily complicated and changed the name from the Jubilee House to the Flagstaff House?
A president in his own wisdom has put up an edifice to commemorate a special historical event of our nationhood.Why should the next government change the name of the building? What was reason to effect the change?Even though the PNDC,NDC has been in power for more than a decade,but did not find it necessary to construct a building which befits the seat of government .
May I ask , can someone perform a naming ceremony when.he's not begat a baby?Ghanaians should blame Prof. Mills and the Ndc for this confusion.
P.O. Addai 7 years ago

Who gives birth for another person to come and name the child? If it was wrong for the NDC to change the name to Flagstaff house, then it must revert to its original name. Nana correct the wrong now.

Who gives birth for another person to come and name the child? If it was wrong for the NDC to change the name to Flagstaff house, then it must revert to its original name. Nana correct the wrong now.
Kwame 7 years ago

Kwaku you are an asset. .God bless you

Kwaku you are an asset. .God bless you
Joey Boy 7 years ago

Kweku, for once, I disagree with you. The building Osagyefo used and called the Flagstaff House still stands or is it the compound that was called the Flagstaff House? The current presidential palace, which didn't replace the ...
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Kweku, for once, I disagree with you. The building Osagyefo used and called the Flagstaff House still stands or is it the compound that was called the Flagstaff House? The current presidential palace, which didn't replace the original Flagstaff House, was built and named Jubilee House by the Kufuor administration, to commemorate Ghana's 50 years of independence. Why did Kweku Baako not see anything wrong when the name was changed by the NDC but now sees everything wrong if the NPP wants to revert to its original name? After all, when the edifice was under construction a prominent NDC person said that they were going to use it as a poultry farm when they came to power. So, sometimes, I ask, why would the NDC slight Osagyefo by using his cherished Flagstaff House to name a building that was fit for a poultry farm?
adomakoh froboo 7 years ago

Just call it Black star House or 6 March house

Just call it Black star House or 6 March house
. ..AGBESI KWESI 7 years ago

Junkie kapwepwe government led by a violent fool Nana Addo good for nothing man

Junkie kapwepwe government led by a violent fool Nana Addo good for nothing man
Abigail 7 years ago

Renaming is not what Ghanaians are after. In actual fact it means nothing in the life of the common man but rather get to work for the improvement of lives.

Renaming is not what Ghanaians are after. In actual fact it means nothing in the life of the common man but rather get to work for the improvement of lives.
Akosua 7 years ago

Well said Mr. Baako

Well said Mr. Baako
ss villa 7 years ago

Irresponsible and unpatriotic vultures with fake certificates: you can not eliminate Nkrumah's vision for Ghana you may go ahead and rename KNUST "all die be die university of free loyal ladies of NPP and invisible forces" an ...
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Irresponsible and unpatriotic vultures with fake certificates: you can not eliminate Nkrumah's vision for Ghana you may go ahead and rename KNUST "all die be die university of free loyal ladies of NPP and invisible forces" and rebrand Nana Addo government "rule of men instead of rule of law".
Ali Mahama 7 years ago

To me the change is necessary because it was built for a purpose- 50 years of Independence so come out the colonial Castle into a Jubliee House to change our Outlook.When they came back to power in 2009 the first Money they s ...
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To me the change is necessary because it was built for a purpose- 50 years of Independence so come out the colonial Castle into a Jubliee House to change our Outlook.When they came back to power in 2009 the first Money they stole was used to put up a new Office complex at Adaberaka to change their Outlook. We should change the name to Jubliee House period.

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