Jubilee offers opportunity
to reassert Ghana's leadership role in Africa
Accra, Dec. 6, GNA - Ghana's Golden Jubilee
celebration is a unique opportunity to
demonstrate to the world that the nation is once
again championing the resurgence of the African
continent, President John Agyekum Kufuor said on
Wednesday.
"It is important that we shape up and put our
best foot forward as a testament to our ambition
to reassert our leadership role in the
continent.
We have a nation to build. The important
milestone must be celebrated appropriately."
President Kufuor was speaking at a reception
held to encourage corporate and individual
sponsorship of events marking the landmark
anniversary celebration at the Castle Gardens.
Five classes of sponsorship had been
established, using the national emblem and the
colours of the national flag, as descriptions by
the National Planning Committee (NPC), a
sub-committee of Cabinet, established by the
government to oversee the planning, organisation
and management of the various events, activities
and memorabilia to commemorate the 50 years of
nationhood.
These are the Black Star, The Twin Eagle, Red
Flame, Gold Dust, Lush Green and Jubilee Class.
Admission into each of these is determined
primarily by the total value of sponsorship
either in cash, kind or combination of the two.
The Black Star Class requires a contribution of
not less than Two billion cedis, while that of
the Twin Eagle ranges between one and two
billion cedis, with admission to the Red Flame
pegged at 750 million cedis to one billion cedis.
Those of the Gold Dust, Lush Green and Jubilee
are 500 million to 750 million cedis, 100
million cedis to 500 million cedis and 50
million to 100 million cedis respectively.
Rallying captains of Trade and Industry to
support the Jubilee Celebration, President
Kufuor, said it provided the chance to
forcefully establish the strengths and mutual
benefits that came with imaginative and
effective public-private partnership that was
fast becoming the hallmark of the country's
success.
He pointed out that the salutary lesson learnt
from the nation's chequered history was that
democracy and good governance could not be
wished in only constitutions and fine
parliamentary legislations.
"Democracy and good governance are meaningless,
if citizens do not make it a sovereign duty to
protect it. We all have a stake as citizens and
corporate bodies alike in the future prosperity
of this country."
Mr Kwadwo Mpiani, Chief of Staff and Minister of
Presidential Affairs, who is also Chairman of
the NPC, said it was incumbent on all to help
make the celebration a success.
GNA
