{"id":460792,"date":"2018-02-02T13:10:58","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T13:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/02\/catherine-afeku-schools-imani-on-proposed-akwaaba-hotels\/"},"modified":"2018-02-02T13:10:58","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T13:10:58","slug":"catherine-afeku-schools-imani-on-proposed-akwaaba-hotels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/02\/catherine-afeku-schools-imani-on-proposed-akwaaba-hotels\/","title":{"rendered":"Catherine Afeku schools IMANI on proposed \u2018Akwaaba\u2019 hotels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday,  2 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Daniel Kaku<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/52510578.295.jpg\" alt=\"Catherine Afeku   \" title=\"Catherine Afeku   \" width=\"295\" height=\"199\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Mrs. Catherine Abelema Afeku<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517577058_942_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Mrs. Catherine Abelema Afeku,  also known as Nzema Yaa Asantewaa, has chided Franklin Cudjoe of IMANI Africa over the proposed establishment of \u2018Akwaaba Hotels\u2019 in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media after the Minister\u2019s \u2018Meet The Press\u2019 on Monday, January 29, 2018 in Accra, the IMANI Africa described the establishment of the \u2018Akwaaba hotels\u2019 by the government as \u201ccompletely needless\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>IMANI Africa revealed to the media that \u201cthe NPP government plans to build new hotels to be named \u201cAkwaaba\u201d Hotels is not only wasteful but completely sidesteps the existing challenges the tourism sector faces and makes a mockery of the much-trumpeted need for a private-sector focused change management agenda for the sector\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In a sharp rebuttal however, Catherine Afeku noted that, IMANI Africa\u2019s position on the issue smacks of ignorance and an attempt to score cheap political points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t say government was going to build and manage hotels,\u201d she emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>She reaffirmed her statement that, \u201cThe plan is that the Government was going to acquire the lands around our key tourist destinations and use it as equity to partner interested investors in what would be \u2018Akwaaba\u2019 Hotels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore we shout ourselves hoarse, its the same model that has been or was used for us to have Kempinski, Movenpic where GOG has shares through GTA. Government is also a shareholder in Accra City Hotels or Novotel\u201d, she added.<\/p>\n<p>She also schooled IMANI Africa on the proposed \u2018Tourism TV\u2019 that the Ministry would facilitate the acquisition of a TV license for a private-sector operator who will collaborate with the operator to focus on Tourism, Arts and Culture programming.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 56 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Friday, 2 February 2018 Source: Daniel Kaku 2018-02-02 Mrs. Catherine Abelema Afeku Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Mrs. Catherine Abelema Afeku, also known as Nzema Yaa Asantewaa, has chided Franklin Cudjoe of IMANI Africa over the proposed establishment of \u2018Akwaaba Hotels\u2019 in Ghana. 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