The 60th Independence Anniversary Planning committee will be forfeiting any allowances due them.<\/p>\n
This was decided after the committee\u2019s maiden meeting on Saturday, January 28 according to a statement signed by its chairperson, Ken Amankwa.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”m9X6qHpB7uk4iqW69dSaSpDq9M1lpDWY”]The statement indicated that \u201cat the said meeting, members resolved to forfeit any and all allowance(s) and\/or remuneration which may be due them. The service to be rendered by the committee members will be strictly on a pro bono basis.\u201d<\/p>\n
The statement explained that the committee\u2019s decision is motivated by President Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s attitude towards public service.<\/p>\n
\u201cFurther, we are determined to religiously be guided by H.E. the President’s directive for members to be mindful of the difficult financial and economic circumstances of our country, regarding our 60th-anniversary commemoration,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n
President Akufo-Addo has already indicated that Ghana\u2019s 60th<\/sup> Independence Day celebration will be modest owing to the country\u2019s economic situation.<\/p>\n The President gave the assurance when he inaugurated a 30-member committee on Thursday, to oversee the celebration.<\/p>\n Ghana will on 6th March 2017, celebrate its 60th Independence anniversary after gaining independence from Britain in 1957.<\/p>\n The Independence Anniversary Planning will supervise all events and planning processes leading to the celebration.<\/p>\n Other members of the committee include Historians, Professor Irene Odotei and Professor JH Nketiah, Senior Lecturer at the School of Communication Studies, University of Ghana, Professor Audrey Gadzekpo and a lawyer, Kweku Asirifi.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Find below the full statement<\/strong><\/p>\n FORFEITURE OF ALLOWANCE(S) BY MEMBERS OF THE 60TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY PLANNING COMMITTEE<\/p>\n The 60th Independence Anniversary Planning committee held its maiden meeting on\u00a0 Saturday, the 28th of January, 2017<\/p>\n At the said meeting, members resolved to forfeit any and all allowance(s) and\/or remuneration which may be due them.<\/p>\n The service to be rendered by the committee members will be strictly on a pro bono basis.<\/p>\n This decision was largely motivated by H.E the President’s attitude towards public service, that is to say, selfless service to one’s homeland. Further, we are determined to religiously be guided by H.E. the President’s directive for members to be mindful of the difficult financial and economic circumstances of our country, regarding our 60th anniversary commemoration.<\/p>\n We continue to count on the support and prayers of all Ghanaians in this endeavour.<\/p>\n Thank you and may God continue to bless our homeland.<\/p>\n SGD<\/p>\n KEN AMANKWA<\/p>\n (CHAIRMAN, 60TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY PLANNING COMMITTEE)<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 60th Independence Anniversary Planning committee will be forfeiting any allowances due them. This was decided after the committee\u2019s maiden meeting on Saturday, January 28 according to a statement signed by its chairperson, Ken Amankwa. [contextly_sidebar id=”m9X6qHpB7uk4iqW69dSaSpDq9M1lpDWY”]The statement indicated that \u201cat the said meeting, members resolved to forfeit any and all allowance(s) and\/or remuneration which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3556,3,156],"class_list":["post-289338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-stories","tag-ghana-60","tag-ghana-news","tag-nana-addo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=289338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=289338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=289338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=289338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}