{"id":288407,"date":"2017-01-26T15:06:29","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T15:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=288407"},"modified":"2017-01-26T15:06:29","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T15:06:29","slug":"akufo-addo-inaugurates-30-member-ghana60-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/akufo-addo-inaugurates-30-member-ghana60-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo inaugurates 30-member Ghana@60 committee"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Akufo-Addo has launched a 30-member committee to plan for the country\u2019s 60th-anniversary celebrations scheduled to take place in March.<\/p>\n

The committee, chaired by Ken Amankwah, includes representatives from the various security agencies, some ministries of state and the Presidency.<\/p>\n

Ghana will on 6th<\/sup> March 2017, \u00a0celebrate its Diamond Jubilee after gaining independence from Britain in 1957.<\/p>\n

Below is the list of members serving on the committee;<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Ken Amankwah (Chairman)<\/li>\n
  2. Samuel A. Jinapor (Vice Chairman)<\/li>\n
  3. Eugene Arhin (Secretary)<\/li>\n
  4. Duke Ofori-Atta<\/li>\n
  5. Lord Commey<\/li>\n
  6. Sam Ellis<\/li>\n
  7. Edmond Boateng<\/li>\n
  8. Michael Ofori-Atta<\/li>\n
  9. Ama Serwaa Nyarko<\/li>\n
  10. Jefferson Sackey<\/li>\n
  11. Kwaku Danso Misa (Communication Working Group)<\/li>\n
  12. Abyna Ansah Adjei (Communication Working Group)<\/li>\n
  13. Representative from the Vice President\u2019s Office<\/li>\n
  14. Director of State Protocol<\/li>\n
  15. Chief of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs<\/li>\n
  16. Chief Director at the Presidency<\/li>\n
  17. Director Finance and Administration at the Presidency<\/li>\n
  18. Director Budget at the Presidency<\/li>\n
  19. Representative from State Protocol<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Group B Institutional Representation<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Representative from the Ghana Armed Forces<\/li>\n
    2. Representative from National Security<\/li>\n
    3. Representative from the Ghana Police Services<\/li>\n
    4. Representative from the Ghana Prison Services<\/li>\n
    5. Representative from the Ghana Revenue Authority<\/li>\n
    6. Representative from the Ghana National Fire Services<\/li>\n
    7. Representative from the Ghana Education Services<\/li>\n
    8. Representative from Ministry of Education<\/li>\n
    9. Representative from Ministry of Information<\/li>\n
    10. Representative from Ministry of Tourism and Creative Arts<\/li>\n
    11. Representative from Ghana Immigration Services<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      ‘Ghana at 50 committee’<\/strong><\/p>\n

      The last time a similar committee was inaugurated was in 2007 by President John Agyekum Kufour, to organize the celebration of Ghana’s 50th anniversary.<\/p>\n

      It emerged after the celebration that there was a\u00a0gross misappropriation of funds by the committee that operated as a\u00a0secretariat.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Wereko-Brobbey and Kwadwo Okyere Mpiani, Chairman of the National Planning Committee for Ghana@50 in August 2010, were discharged by an Accra Fast Track High Court of charges of willfully causing financial loss to the State.<\/p>\n

      They were accused of financial malfeasance and recommended for prosecution by a 3-member committee set up by the then President John Atta-Mills to investigate the celebrations.<\/p>\n

      They pleaded not guilty and were subsequently discharged by a Court of Appeal on the grounds that the charges leveled against them were instituted in breach of their fundamental human rights.<\/p>\n

      –<\/p>\n

      By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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