Akufo-Addo did not fund the JB Danquah – Okyenhene Memorial Center

General news for Monday, October 19, 2020

Source: Starr FM

2020-10-19

The Ofori Panin Fie has denied claims that the state built the JB Danquah Memorial Center.

Popular talk show host Kwabena Bobie Ansah claimed on a radio show that taxpayer money had been used to construct the building to serve as a library, but that it had been decorated with pictures of the president’s late uncle. , Okyenhene and the president himself while denying the children use of the library.

The presenter also claimed that the president’s hometown is developing ahead of other places in the country.

However, a statement issued on Monday October 19, 2020 by Okyenhene Palace stated that “Ofori Panin Fie’s attention has been drawn to a circulating video in which an ill-informed broadcast journalist named Kwabena Bobie Ansah from Accra FM falsely attributes the funding of the JB Danquah Memorial Center to the sole efforts of the Government of Ghana ”.

“The Ofori Panin Fie is concerned about the content of the publication and refutes these claims as false. He considers them an irresponsible and abysmal attempt to misinform the population and raise spirits within the country as the 2020 general elections approach.

The statement said “to clarify and respond to the issues raised in the publication of concern, the Ofori Panin Fie informs the public that in 2006, the former president, HE John Agyekum Kuffour, in the interest of national development, began construction of the facility. in Kyebi to serve the people of the constituency as well as the neighboring areas of the constituency.

“The project was abandoned by the Mills / Mahama management and then completed in 2018 thanks to the promotion of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council and the sponsorship of Huawei Ghana, a Chinese telecommunications company.”

According to the Ofori Panin Fie, ”the facility was named the JB Danquah Memorial Center in commemoration of his outstanding contributions to the birth and development of our nation. It houses an ultramodern ICT Laboratory donated by the Yamoransa Foundation for the teaching and learning of ICT with special emphasis on STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), a Maker Space also donated by the Yamoransa Foundation for the teaching of robotics engineering as well as the construction and development of applications based on virtual reality, games and 3D printing applications, a GIFEC Zonal office which is a 30-seat ICT laboratory for the teaching, learning and application of ICT.

“The facility also houses a library, an EC office and a radio station. The entire facility is managed under the auspices of the Ghana Library Authority, the EC and Okyenhene. As such, Ofori Panin Fie and Nananom from Akyem Abuakwa would like to emphatically state that: The JB Danquah Center was not funded by Ghanaian taxpayer money. However, it was sponsored by Huawei Ghana and the Yamoransa Foundation ”

The statement concluded that “The JB Danquah Center is not a family property of Ofori Panin Fie, it is owned by the Ghana Library Authority and is intended for public use by members within and outside the community. We wish to admonish all journalists to remain decorous and professional in their reporting and to desist from publishing misleading information to ensure the continued dignity of the media space. The Ofori Panin Fie remains open to all who request it for further clarification on any matter related to the Kingdom and the State. “