Felix Kwakye the Minister of Government Communications has revealed that it costs Ghana, an average of ₵15m to hold Independence Day celebrations outside Accra.
According to Felix Kwaye, the Independence Day Celebrations are to be held at the Jubilee House this year.
Felix Kwakye Ofosu added that the last celebration in Ho cost us GHC15M, a cost we can not continue to incur.
As a result, the government of John Mahama would no longer rotate the celebration across the regions.
Addressing the media, the Minister of State for Government Communications, stated, “Whereas the intentions may be noble, President Mahama has asked that the rotational policy be suspended because of the need to scale down, and this has become necessary due to escalating costs.
It has been discovered after some review that the rotation imposed additional cost, and therefore, at a time when our national budget is severely constrained due to economic difficulties, it was not going to be sustainable to keep rotating the national celebrations”, he added.
Felix Kwaye added, “In the spirit of cutting down on non-essential expenditure, President Mahama has instructed that this rotational policy be suspended. In addition to this, the main celebration, which ordinarily would have taken place in Accra at Independence Square, has become the subject of some rollback”.
Meanwhile, investigative Journalist, Manasseh Azure has stated, that John Mahama cancelling the Independence Day celebration at the Black Star Square, has denied some people in his administration procurement deals worth millions of cedis.
However, saved the state money and set a good example that should remain forever.
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