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NDC Executive Pledges To Uproot Akufo-Addo Statue, Send It To Kyebi: “We Will Use Legal Means”
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NDC Executive Pledges To Uproot Akufo-Addo Statue, Send It To Kyebi: “We Will Use Legal Means”

by  Delali Adogla-Bessa 2 min read
  • The Western Region Communications Director of the National Democratic Congress, has pledged to remove the controversial President Akufo-Addo statue
  • Richard Kirk-Mensah stressed to YEN.com.gh that President Akufo-Addo did not deserve a statue in the region
  • Akufo-Addo unveiled the statue, erected in front of Sekondi's Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital

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Richard Kirk-Mensah, the National Democratic Congress Western Region Communications Director, has pledged to rally youth to remove the controversial statue of President Akufo-Addo at Sekondi.

Kirk-Mensah has said he will finance transportation of the statue to Kyebi, Akuo-Addo's hometown.

Richard Kirk-Mensah, Akufo-Addoh Statue, Uprooting Akufo-Addo Statue, Kyebi, Statue at Sekondi, John Mahama Mahama
The Akufo-Addo statue has been errected on an uncompleted roundabout. Source: Richard Kirk-Mensah
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Akufo-Addo unveiled the statue, erected in front of Sekondi's Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital, on November 6 and has since been faced with varying criticism.

He stressed to YEN.com.gh that the president "doesn’t warrant any form of statue” in the region because of its development deficit.

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"On the 9th of December, we will lead the youth of Western Region to remove it."

For example, the roundabout where the statue is mounted and a nearby road are currently uncompleted.

Backlash in the Western Region

Kirk-Mensah noted that there was outrage from a cross-section of residents in the Western Region.

He even believes the President's supporters are also upset by the move to erect the statue.

Akufo-Addo secured the majority of the votes from the Western Region for the New Patriotic Party, but Kirk-Mensah is hopeful that things will change in favour of the NDC during the 2024 election.

"Some people are even eager to go and pull it down now, but we are pleading with them that no one should take the law into his or her hands. We will use legal means to relocate it to his family house in Kyebi.”

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Man behind Akufo-Addo statue

YEN.com.gh reported that a sculptor, Genesis Gyesi, shared footage of his work on the controversial Akufo-Addo statue.

In the video, he is seen spraying the statue behind the scenes to give it an ideal gloss.

Genesis shared the video on his TikTok account to unveil himself as the sculptor and show the work that went into the masterpiece.

Proofread by Samuel Gitonga, Copy Editor at YEN.com.gh

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Delali Adogla-Bessa (Current Affairs Editor) Delali Adogla-Bessa is a Current Affairs Editor with YEN.com.gh. Delali previously worked as a freelance journalist in Ghana and has over seven years of experience in media, primarily with Citi FM, Equal Times, Ubuntu Times. Delali also volunteers with the Ghana Institute of Language Literacy and Bible Translation, where he documents efforts to preserve local languages. He graduated from the University of Ghana in 2014 with a BA in Information Studies. Email: delali.adogla-bessa@yen.com.gh.

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