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Dennis Miracles Aboagye [L] and President John Dramani
The Director of Communications for the 2024 Presidential Campaign of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has accused President John Dramani Mahama of limiting invitations to Ghana’s 68th Independence Day celebration to only members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
According to Miracles Aboagye, many Ghanaians were left standing outside the Jubilee House fence without invitations, while NDC members exclusively participated in what he described as their own thanksgiving service.
Speaking in an interview on Wontumi TV on March 17, 2025, he stated, “He made Ghanaians stand on the roadside to watch the March 6 celebration at the Jubilee House. That day, I was very sad when I passed by. This was something the TV stations did not show, so many people did not realize what happened.”
He further alleged that the event was made strictly by invitation, but only NDC members received invitations.
“The March 6 celebration was an NDC event. They didn’t open it up to the people of Ghana. They turned it into a thanksgiving service for the NDC while ordinary Ghanaians stood behind the fence watching. If the aim was to cut costs, why make Ghanaians stand outside the fence while you and your party celebrate inside the Jubilee House?” he questioned.
President John Dramani Mahama on March 6, 2025, disclosed that the 68th Independence Day celebration cost the country only GH¢1.5 million.
Speaking at the celebration at the Jubilee House, the president indicated that GH¢1.5 million is just 10% of the GH¢15 million used for the same celebration in 2024.
He added that the country would have spent about GH¢20 million if it had held a grand celebration like what was seen in 2024.
“Today’s celebration costs GH¢1.5 million, which is only one-tenth of what it would have cost to hold it at the Independence Square. The cost of last year’s celebration in Koforidua was GH¢15 million. The previous year, when it was held in Ho, it cost GH¢13.7 million.
“Holding the same event at the Independence Square this year on the same scale as previous years would have cost a minimum of GH¢20 million,” the president is quoted to have said by the Information Service Department (ISD).
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