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Ghana@50 needs more money –
Wereko-Brobbey
Accra, March 22, Ghanadot/GNA – The Ghana @ 50 Secretariat
on Thursday said it needed more money besides the 20 million
dollars allocated to it by Parliament and other donations
from corporate organisations to enable it carry out its
activities throughout the year.
Dr Charles Wereko-Brobbey, Chief Executive Officer of the
Secretariat briefing the media on “Ghana @ 50; Beyond The
Birthday” said there were a number of activities lined up
after the successful Mach 6 parade and that more money was
needed to carry the activities more successfully.
He said about 5.4 million school children were to receive a
souvenir cup next week at a cost of 14,000 cedis each
totalling 70 billion cedis explaining that the souvenirs
were received late.
Dr Wereko-Brobbey said the public funds the secretariat got
were spent on infrastructure and that rehabilitation works
at the Independence Square alone was 2 million dollars and a
durbar ground was built in each of the nine regional
capitals.
He said each of the Regions received 200 million cedis while
each District got 100 million cedis in addition to the 40
public toilets built along some selected highways.
Dr Wereko-Brobbey said a lot had been done and there was
value for money which reflected the success achieved so far
to bring more success.
“We want to move the country from its polarity to peace and
unity; we want to sustain the peace and oneness of the
country.“
He said: “before the 6th March, it was as if Ghanaians were
at the end of daggers drawn with each at each others throat
ready to slit it, that is why it is important to keep the
jubilee flame ablaze.”
He said the 241 Saloon cars, including Mercedes, Chrysler,
Jaguar and Peugeot cars bought at a cost of 62 billion cedis
with payment spread over three years were not only meant for
the Golden Jubilee celebration.
Some of the cars would be used for the African Union (AU)
summit this year, and African Growth Opportunities Act (AGOA)
meeting that Ghana is hosting as well as the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)12, and CAN
2008.
Dr Wereko-Brobbey noted that after the AU Summit 110 of the
Mercedes Benz cars would be sold to fetch about 120 billion
cedis making up for the cost of all the cars and that the 50
buses would be used for CAN 2008.
He said the Secretariat was also providing sponsorship for
the Ghana Brazil match to be screened live on March 27 as
another unifying sport for Ghanaians.
He urged Ghanaians to patronize other activities that the
Ghana@50 Secretariat had lined up for the year and to have
the feel that they are Ghanaians.
GNA
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