NDC vows to change Jubilee House name on ‘Day 1 of Mahama presidency’
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has served notice that it will rename Ghana’s Presidency shortly after a victory at the 2020 polls.
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the NDC have been at each other’s throat for years over the official name of Ghana’s seat of government.
The name of the seat of government has been changed twice already.
At a forum to launch a fundraising campaign towards the 2020 polls, NDC Chairman, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo noted that they will discard the current name adopted by the Akufo-Addo government as it assumed office in 2017.
“We will call it the Flagstaff House. On day one, your Excellency, we will change the name again and call it the Flagstaff House,” Mr Ofusu told former President Mahama at the event in Accra on Thursday.
The statement was endorsed by the former President who noded saying “we’ll change it, we’ll change it.”
The name of the presidency has been a bone of contention since the presidency was relocated from the Christiansborg Castle in Osu to its present location.
Built under former President John Agyekum Kufuor with support from India at the time Ghana was marking its 50th anniversary after gaining independence, the seat of government was named the ‘Jubilee House’.
This was however changed to Flagstaff House by the late John Atta-Mills. On February 7, 2013, the office of the presidency was finally moved to the Flagstaff House.
The Akufo-led administration reverted to Jubilee House after taking office in 2016 and the NDC has vowed to drop that name in 2020 if its flagbearer emerges victorious.