We will seek permission from President Mahama to relocate Akufo-Addo’s statue from Takoradi to Kyebi – Sekondi MP

Blay Nyameke Armah, the Member of Parliament for Sekondi in the Western Region of Ghana, has hinted that they aim to seek permission from President John Dramani Mahama to relocate former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s statue at the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis to his hometown, Kyebi.

According to him, the former president has no legacies in the region to deserve a mounted statue.

He explained that the town should have been the priority for Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, rather than selfishly glorifying himself with the statue.

Speaking in an interview with Oyerepa TV on January 7, 2024, he stated, “What did Nana Addo do for us in the Western Region to deserve a statue there? The statue, our communication directors will relocate to his hometown.

“We will get permission from our president (Mahama) to relocate the statue to Kyebi and mount Kwame Nkrumah’s statue there.”

Background:

The statue of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, according to reports, was vandalised on the morning of Monday, December 16, 2024, by unknown persons.

Viral visuals of the defaced statue showed how the left leg had been partly damaged.

President Akufo-Addo came under heavy criticism after he unveiled the statue on November 6, 2024.

A section of the public, including now President-Elect John Dramani Mahama, accused President Akufo-Addo of self-glorification with his decision to unveil a statue of himself.

Mahama said that the president should not be the one putting up statues of himself but rather people should be doing that after he leaves office, in recognition of his achievements.

Some residents of Sekondi were inflamed by the erection of the statue in their community, with some pointing to the devastating nature of the very road the statue was erected on.

Some of the residents threatened to move the statue should the New Patriotic Party (NPP) lose the December 7, 2024, election.

I don’t need Akufo Addo’s statue in my constituency. I will ask permission from President John Mahama to relocate the statue to Kyebi

-Blay Nyameke Armah, Sekondi MP#OYEREPA pic.twitter.com/UkC4Ij6BF7

— Oyerepa TV/FM (@oyerepaofficial) January 8, 2025