President Akufo-Addo received a cheque of $1m from the
Indian government. The purpose of the gift, which was donated by the Indian
Minister of State for External Affairs, is to be used for the renovation of the
Flagstaff House.
Whenever I look at the image of the president displaying the
cheque on social media, I begin to ask myself, why would the handlers of our
president put up the country for international embarrassment by modelling the
first gentleman of the land in front of cameras with a $1m gift?
Couldn’t
anyone else but the president have accepted this donation on his behalf? Do I
take it that none of the numerous ministers of state was available to receive
this money? Not even the Chief of Staff or any of her two deputies?
Receiving $1m by the president may not come across as a big
deal, but the truth of the matter is that it is utterly demeaning: it
challenges the pride of every Ghanaian, home and abroad. Elsewhere, a head of
state would not even make the time to meet over $1m, but here in Ghana, its
heaven and earth.
This episode in the seat of government is a good
demonstration of our mediocre and shameless way of acting.
The earlier the managers of the president understand that
the president is not just flesh and blood, but the symbol of the entire
nation’s sovereignty, the better.
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