{"id":3002,"date":"2024-12-17T22:09:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T22:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/?p=3002"},"modified":"2024-12-17T22:09:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T22:09:51","slug":"the-ghana-police-investigates-the-vandalization-of-president-akuffo-addos-statue-in-sekondi-takoradi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/2024\/12\/17\/the-ghana-police-investigates-the-vandalization-of-president-akuffo-addos-statue-in-sekondi-takoradi\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ghana Police Investigates the Vandalization of President Akuffo Addo\u2019s Statue in Sekondi-Takoradi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Reports indicate that the statue of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in Effia, Sekondi, has been vandalized. The incident occurred on December 16, and the perpetrators remain unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the statue&#8217;s unveiling, President Akufo-Addo faced public criticism, with the president-elect stating that statues are typically erected in honor of individuals by others, not by the individuals themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gistme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7443-681x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3006 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 681px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 681\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The placement of the statue on a road in Effia, which is in need of reconstruction, sparked outrage among Sekondi residents. They questioned why the president would erect a statue in their community while neglecting the road&#8217;s maintenance. The community subsequently called for the statue&#8217;s removal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Police Investigates the Vandalization of President Akuffo Addo\u2019s Statue in Sekondi-Takoradi <\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that the statue of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in Effia, Sekondi, has been vandalized. The incident occurred on December 16, and the perpetrators remain unknown.<\/p>\n<p>After the statue&#8217;s unveiling, President Akufo-Addo faced public criticism, with the president-elect stating that statues are typically erected in honor of individuals by others, not by the individuals themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The placement of the statue on a road in Effia, which is in need of reconstruction, sparked outrage among Sekondi residents. They questioned why the president would erect a statue in their community while neglecting the road&#8217;s maintenance. The community subsequently called for the statue&#8217;s removal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3006,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3002"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3008,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3002\/revisions\/3008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}