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“Afomi y3 Swalaba,” to wit, “I was born in Swalaba” is a Ga phrase President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has been using since he started campaigning for the presidency as far back as 2007.
Swalaba is a suburb within Accra Central which can now be safely described as an inner city and, therefore, the significance of the phrase is to give an indication that he is not far removed from the daily challenges of the ordinary Ghanaian.
And moreso, his place of birth underscores his multicultural and diverse background which has defined his political disposition and public life.
Politics
Political activism runs through his family as his father, Justice Edward Akufo-Addo, a Supreme Court Judge and later a ceremonial President, used his house as the headquarters of the country’s first political party, the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC), after it was formed at Saltpond on August 4, 1947.
This hullabaloo about dual citizenship must stop
By Nana Osei Mensah Bonsu LISTEN
JAN 7, 2021
Two MPs-elect have been the subject of controversy because of their having dual citizenship. Mr. James Gyakye Quayson won the Assin North Constituency in the just ended elections on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. Ms. Adelaide Ntim of the National Patriotic Party won in her Constituency, Nsuta-Beposo-Kwamang. There have been calls from certain quarters that they have breached the constitution; but those making the calls better take a second look at the constitution.
According to Article 94, Clause (2a) of the 1992 Constitution, “A person shall not be qualified to be a Member of Parliament if he owes allegiance to a country other than Ghana.” Simply put, one cannot be a Member of Parliament if the person holds another country’s passport or is a citizen of another country. An MP-elect is not a Member of Parliament so there is nothing wrong with having two nationa