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Maintain the name Flagstaff House – Kweku Baako to Akufo-Addo

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  • talk some 7 years ago

    All NPP know is to rename existing projects...they accurate sports ohene gyan, Kumasi sports stadium, baba yara, Kaneshie sports complex became Azumah Nelson sports complex and many others

  • Peter 7 years ago

    Stop your ignorance, who built that edifice? it was NPP. They named it Jubilee house, it was NDC that came to change it to Flagstaff house!! the original flagstaff house was not the current building.

  • MR OBJECTIVE 7 years ago

    NANA MUST and WILL CHANGE TO THE ORIGINAL NAME BY KUFFOUR(Jubillee House).

  • The Mask 7 years ago

    Ghana news agency must ensure that news of Akufo-Addo's inauguration is sent to all countries. The agency must be up and doing. Ghana news agency hasn't even got a twitter account.

  • OLD SOLDIER 7 years ago

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  • Cool 7 years ago

    Why not start the prosecutions and prove people are thieves . You pre judge if you call people thieves before you even try them. Wicked people. Ghanaians have made a mistake and will live with it

  • Ben Fosu 7 years ago

    The President-Elect, Nana Akufo Addo, should change the Flag Staff House to Jubilee House before he moves in to do business for Ghana. The name should be returned to it's original intent name.
    The NDC can go and burn the sea ...
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  • X-ray 7 years ago

    I would suggest Ghana House.

  • $AINT GHFUO, BLACK EXCELLENCE! 7 years ago

    NANA ADDO SHOULD MAINTAIN THE NAME FLAGSTAFF HOUSE. CARRY ON TRADITION FROM THE DAYS OF DR NKRUMAH...

  • Kumi 7 years ago

    NANA MUST DO THIS,NANA MUST DO THAT,HE MUST HIRE THESE PERSONS,HE SHOULDN'T INVESTIGATE THAT.WHO DOES THIS MAN THINK HE IS?HE IS REALLY BEGINNING TO GET ON MY NERVES.KWEKU BAAKO,IF YOU WANT TO BE A PRESIDENT RUN FOR OFFICE AN ...
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  • talk some 7 years ago

    So NPP also built the other stadia? Why did they name it then? You are the ignorant one

  • GFrostK: YOU CAN'T THINK FAR.... 7 years ago

    IT'S STILL ACCRA SPORTS STADIUM AND KUMASI SPORTS STADIUM. HE ONLY HONOURED DISTINGUISHED GHANAIANS WHO CONTRIBUTED IMMENSELY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPORTS. BEFORE YOU TALK IN PUBLIC ON AN ISSUE, READ A BIT ABOUT IT FIRST. FIN ...
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  • Peter 7 years ago

    I said u are ignorant coz u failed to comment on the matter under discussion. Was the article about stadia? why do u beat about the bush? students of your kind fail EXAMS coz of failure to give befitting answers to asked que ...
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  • the lone Prophet of Jehovah 7 years ago

    Please stop these ignorant comments and focus on the economy of Ghana.Flagstaff house was not built by Ndc or Npp personal loans,rather taxpayers money, lets stop these nonsense on Ghanaweb in Jesus Name Shalom

  • Nana Appiah 7 years ago

    This was one of Kuffuors Corruptive undertakings.. The idiot built that ugly structure at an inflated price tag of a whopping $60 million dollars as opposed to a mere $5 million...Talking about corruption? That is what Kuffuo ...
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  • Be Bold 7 years ago

    Are you sure, including the hotel he built in Dubai when he was the president? How stupid can one get?

  • ERIC 7 years ago

    AND YOUR ANIMAL DEAD GOAT MAHAMA ENJOYED LIVING THERE ,WOABODAM ,PAA.

  • Rene - London 7 years ago

    And you, Nana Appiah are an idiot! let all sane Ghanaians with their mental faculties still intact, compare this edifice put up at $60M to the wall surrounding the small Ghana embassy in Burkina Faso supposedly built for
    $1 ...
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  • BB 7 years ago

    @ Nana Appiah, ur statement abt former prez Kuffour is false. He really did well in his era. Jealousy go kill u. Grow up ignorant.

  • George 7 years ago

    What is the cost of just one interchange. Did you want our presidents to in that "etuo mu y3 sum "castle. Your Ndc people living in the visionary leader Kuffuor's magnificent Presidential residents called JUBILEE HOUSE.

  • Thomas Louise Dolling 7 years ago

    Thanks

  • aikins 7 years ago

    How can ndc name project build by npp.

  • talk some 7 years ago

    How did the NPP name the stadia then? Did they build it?

  • koko 7 years ago

    neither of them built it, it was built by the taxpayer

  • GFrostK: RETAIN THE COLONIAL NAME? 7 years ago

    IF MR BAAKO KNOWS THE NAME HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH NKRUMAH & JUBILEE WAS IN COMMEMORATION OF OUR NATION'S ANNIVERSARY, WHY DID THEY REVERSE TO FLAGSTAFF, WITH ITS MILITARISTIC CONNOTATION? MASSA, WE'LL CHANGE IT.

  • DEAR 7 years ago

    What is in a name?
    Leave these politicians to think about name changing instead of thinking about better things.

  • Voice of Reason 7 years ago

    Unemployment is rocketing and all idiots think about is, naming a building.
    If we maintain flagstaff house, we might as well name our president, Governor-General.
    Ghanaians sound foolish by even debating such nonsense. Can ...
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  • Shipah 7 years ago

    Wat was the original name?....Kweku baako just shut up...we tired of ppl like u

  • ERIC 7 years ago

    WHO BUILT THAT THOSE PROJECTS ? ABOAAAAAAAAA. JIMIIIIIII.

  • Cool 7 years ago

    YOU CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING BUT REMENBER YOU MAY GO IN 4 YEARS OR EVEN EARLIER THROUGH A PEOPLE'S REVOLUTION IF YOUR LIES BEGIN TO HURT

  • Rene - London 7 years ago

    so what's the point of your comment? please go back to school so you can at least make meaningful contributions to national issues. thank you.

  • KWAME 7 years ago

    THE NPP REPORTED THE ELECTION RESULTS 8 HOURS AFTER THE POLLS CLOSED ON DEC. 7TH. YOUR NDC OFFICIALS HAD NO CLUE, INCOMPETENT AS USUAL AND LYING AS USUAL: WE ARE IN A COMFORTABLE LEAD. SO SO PROPAGANDA AND INSULTS. YOU RELIED ...
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  • Kassam 7 years ago

    Please Kwaku where us your brother Kwasi Pratt and his ambulances?

  • Otwen Bin TS 7 years ago

    Which government built the edifice? What was its original name? Why did NDC government rename it? The edifice must assume its original name. Period.

  • ghanani 7 years ago

    The NDC did not rename it.The original name is Flagstaff House and that was where Nkrumah lived.Kuffuor built his Jubilee House on the very land that the Flagstaff House is situated.Why then change the name to Jubilee House ...
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  • hackman 7 years ago

    Bring Ghana to Gold Coast then

  • talk some 7 years ago

    Why did the NPP name the stadia then? Accra, kumasi, kaneshie soorts complex.Did they build it?

  • Peter 7 years ago

    The name flagstaff house must be changed to our LOCAL NAME--Jubilee house. Flagstaff house is a name from our colonial masters. The presidential palace is the seat of the president that has the people's POWER, it is not an ed ...
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  • No fears 7 years ago

    PLZ NO WAY. NDC DIDN'T RESPECT THE NPP. SO ITS GOING BACK TO IT ORIGINAL NAME "JUBILEE HOUSE :

  • SUPREMO 7 years ago

    NDC change the name because they taught they will forever remain in power.Where are they now?they will forever remain in opposition..

  • Ksure 7 years ago

    Kweku, the name must change to its original name. It's so sad how NDC can't establish important monuments of national benefit but they are capable of renaming them. What kind of party is this?

  • P.O. Addai 7 years ago

    Since Kwaku admits the outgoing government did the wrong thing, the name must be changed. It's Jubilee House and must remain same.

  • Kbee 7 years ago

    Nana Addo must quickly change the name to Golden Jubilee House. NDC is not a serious party

  • Nana Tutugyagu 7 years ago

    The Black House should be the name for many reasons

  • Ghanaian 7 years ago

    This is a matter for all Ghanaians to decide. And it can start with our MPs discussing it thoroughly, non-partisan of course, and proposing a referendum date a year after the 2020 election. This would give the parties the opp ...
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  • TGV 7 years ago

    NDC will be sitting on the side lines for a very very long time. Finally it will be dissolved into four factions and die out. Not that the NPP is going to be tougher than before, strict governance and straight to the people o ...
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  • Edmund 7 years ago

    I like most of Uncle Kwaku Baako's submissions but this time round I beg to differ. Names are what identified persons. Flagstaff House I'm told used to be name of the place the agents of the colonial masters stayed and colon ...
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  • Victor Hugo 7 years ago

    After Nkrumah was overthrown in 1966, the then National Liberation Council and later the Progress Party led by Dr.Busia embarked on a campaign to erase all legacies of Nkrumah.They disenfranchised most of the former CPP activ ...
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  • Victor Hugo 7 years ago

    After Nkrumah was overthrown in 1966, the then National Liberation Council and later the Progress Party led by Dr.Busia embarked on a campaign to erase all legacies of Nkrumah.They disenfranchised most of the former CPP activ ...
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  • hackman 7 years ago

    We shall change it, we shall change it. NPP will change it to its original name. Why should Gold coast changed to Ghana.

  • QUEEN 7 years ago

    CHANGE BACK TO JUBILEE HOUSE

  • Isaac 7 years ago

    Who cares what we need is the free things that they promise us

  • Bismark 7 years ago

    Kwaku Bako should stop him mischief. By his argument Ghana should still be called Gold Coast. The street from 37 to Dwowulo was done by NDC but Kuffour named it after Obasanjo. The Flagstaff house is what the place is known j ...
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  • Michael K. Tettevi. 7 years ago

    Is the Golden Jubilee House that colonial legacy to be known as Flagstaff House as insisted by notorious NDC government who did not bother to attend its inauguration in 2008 ? Any hypocrite who should condone with enemies is ...
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  • seini 7 years ago

    As Malik has stated Flag Staff House is a colonial relic as it was the name for the military head quartes of the colonial government. The name Jubilee House makes sense because it reminds us forever the essence for which it w ...
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  • King Adjei 7 years ago

    WE THANK GOD FOR HELPING US TO SEND DEMONIC NDC PARTY INTO OPPOSITION. MAY GOD LET THEM STAY THERE FOREVERMORE

  • mr amin 7 years ago

    ndc to stay in opposition FOREVER
    AAAAAAAAAMEN.

  • Fa 7 years ago

    What is wrong with Accra sports stadium?why on earth was Kuffour thinking to rename Accra stadium ?This is not necessary. The youth need job.....focus on that and stop the renaming politics

  • kod 7 years ago

    Foolish man Pratt , he must be at hospital now

  • Ama Texas 7 years ago

    As for this kweku I disagree with you bcos this isn't the old building named by our colonial masters this is new one build by our own so it should nameback to jubilee house

  • mr amin 7 years ago

    bv

  • mr amin 7 years ago

    the name shuols be changed, we have the Jubilee fields, then the Jubilee parks in all the regional capitals why was it not changed? Golden Jubilee house sounds good n modern. we have tema Jubilee terminal.

  • Kanawu 7 years ago

    I totally disagree with Kweku on this one.The name must be changed to its intended original name, Jubilee House...

  • Fri Titi 7 years ago

    It was and will always be Jubilee House. Live in Freedom!

  • ARKORFUL 7 years ago

    Shut up Kweku Baako,realistically and morally the name should be changed to Jubilee House.
    NPP should not hesitate to call the seat of government JUBILEE HOUSE.The NPP built the edifice and named it Jubilee House to coincid ...
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  • Ghana Cries 7 years ago

    NDC is accursed and a curse, so they always take usback to days of slavery and retrogression. The name remain Golden Jubilee House!!!

  • HARDER@89.. 7 years ago

    That's a refreshing piece of goody from kwaku Baaku to maintain the name flagstaff house other than the golden jubilee..now, mr baaku what is the point in saying NDC guys are causing a lot of trouble in Ghana..? what is the b ...
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  • Paul 7 years ago

    Allow the wise president to think what will benefit the nation? Why didn't ypu tell Mahama to maintain the old name?

  • the lone Prophet of Jehovah 7 years ago

    They should change the economy as they promise the electorates for vote of change and not change of Names Npp paa nie,you fool us,we are observing and waiting shalom

  • SBD 7 years ago

    It will go back to its original name, you may whine and cry!!

  • Jojo 7 years ago

    What is the relevance of the name Flagstaff compared to Jubilee? If it is for nostalgia then we better move the seat of government back to the Osu Castle. Jubilee is more relevant to us as a nation.

  • Odikro 7 years ago

    The NPP should rather work quickly to reverse the SSS to 4 years. Even more important, they should pass this on for CHASS and UTAG (is that still the name?) to decide once and for all. They know how long it should take studen ...
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  • Tee 7 years ago

    The name flagstaff house communicates colonial mentality. This is because it was the colonial masters who were living there and because they were ruling under the colonial flag, they were known as flagstaff. By using that nam ...
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  • the capitalist 7 years ago

    The most vindictive and hypocritical president we ever had was Atta Mills.
    He hides behind the babies with sharp teeth to insult Kufuor, Nana Addo and the NPP.

  • Nii Joromi 7 years ago

    Time to move forward as an independent and proud country. I strongly disagree with Kweku on this. Leave Flagstaff house for the history books.

  • GUTTER JOURNALISM 7 years ago

    Flagstaff House forever.Don't even try to change it. Worry about your 1-man 1-toilet promise.

  • Thomas Louise Dolling 7 years ago

    JUBILEE HOUSE OOOOOOO JUBILEE HOUSE

  • kk 7 years ago

    Jubilee House it is!

  • Ed 7 years ago

    Nana Akuffo-Addo and the NPP have more critical issues to grapple with than to engage in name-changing politics. Please, focus on the transformation of our economy, and don't waste time and resources on this for now. Maybe, i ...
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  • The Don 7 years ago

    The symbolism that has existed since the advent of the use of flags makes it imperative that we maintain the name Flagstaff House.In war, the flag represented the soul of the nation and was carried close to the leader.If the ...
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  • Samuel azumah 7 years ago

    those names can not go back to its original names.kweku baaku knows.

  • joe,boston 7 years ago

    One of the many promises of Nana Addo is to change the name of Flagstaff House to Jubilee House. Can any serious-minded Ghanaian contemplate the cost involved in changing letter-heads and other logistics? Let's hope we are n ...
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  • Joey Boy 7 years ago

    The original Flagstaff House, occupied by the late president Nkrumah, still stands so why should this one also be called the same name? If CPP- minded people want let them change the country's name Ghana to Kwame Nkrumah.

  • Edem 7 years ago

    The Flagstaff house needs to be changed! NDC and their stupidity and evil mentality is out of this world. Baba Yara is not from Kumasi but has his name on the Kumasi Sports stadium. Ohene Gyan Sports Stadium should be given t ...
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  • SIMON 7 years ago

    IF NPP MAINTAIN THIS BULLSHIT NAME I WLL NEVER VOTE FOR NPP AGAIN IN MY LIFE THIS IDIOT NDC GUYS ARE FULL OF IDIOTS NAMING YOUR SEAT OF GOVERNMENT FLAGSTAFF HOUSE,COLONIAL LEGACY WONDERS SHALL NEVER SHALL END.

  • TUOZZAFI 7 years ago

    The incoming government should rather rename Kotoka International Airport. The man who built it and the man who overthrew him, whose name deserves to be there? Please consider this, Nana.

  • Kojo Abbey 7 years ago

    NANA ADDOH. YOU HAVE A BIG TASK AHRAD OF YOU TOVSTRAIGHTEN UPBTGE ECONOMY. BE TOUCH ON YOUR SELECTED AROUND YOU. HOW TO MAO TAIN YOUR PARTY PROMISES. PLEASE I WILL ADVISE YOU TO LEAVE THE MAMA FLAGSTAFF HOUSE ALONE. THE NAME ...
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  • Essum 7 years ago

    Kwaku Baako what is the basis of your decision. The place was originally named Jubilee House. Peesident Mills vowed that he will never stay there and that he will cinveer it into a poultry farm.
    The flagstaff house is a col ...
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  • Assempa 7 years ago

    Kweku Baako, I believe you have a child; and if that is true, my question is who named him or her? Was it you or someone else? When that building was constructed, it was named the JUBILEE HOUSE. Nobody therefore should have t ...
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  • ABA 7 years ago

    WHY SHOULD WE CONTINUE TO USE COLONIAL NAME? WELL, GHANAIANS HAVE TO BE EDUCATED ON WHY IT WAS NAME JUBILEE HOUSE? AND WHY THEY CHANGED IT TO FLAGSTAFF HOUSE? THEN ASK GHANIANS TO VOTE ON WHICH NAME THEY WANT THE SEAT OF THE ...
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  • Ekow Samuel. 7 years ago

    It is not need to change the name since it has named the Fragstaff House and it is very well so,and the hopeing is to be in its place,God bless you oman ghana.

  • Nat Ofosu, Ohio 7 years ago

    What were they thinking when they came up with the name Jubilee House? Its infantile...if you cannot come up with a serious unifying name...Flagstaff House is fine by me!!