General News of Sunday, 17 March 2019Source: mynewsgh.comOsu Castle ‘Militia’: Akufo-Addo’s government legalizing illegality – Research FellowThe Osu Castle was formerly used as the presidential seatDespite President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s resolve to disband vigilantism in the country, a Research fellow with the Kumasi Technical University (KTU), Dr. Smith Sarpong has fired a shot at him for what he describes as legalizing an illegality. “When I heard and watched the video, I was shocked and said to myself how can all these happen?”, the Political Social Commentator spoke on Kumasi-based Nhyira FM during panel discussion monitored by MyNewsGh.com. But the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board has rejected claims that the Osu Castle is a security installation. According to the board, the facility is instead a museum after its new status was announced by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in 2017. “On 5th March, 2017, the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, publicly, declared and inaugurated the Osu Castle as a Presidential Museum of leadership and Governance.”“The Osu Castle since, this act, above stated, by the President of the Republic, has and to date remained a museum,” a statement signed and issued by the Acting Executive Director of the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board on Monday March 11, 2019 said.

Source: GhanaWeb March 17, 2019 10:07 UTC