The Member of Parliament for Assin South, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, is demanding a full-scale investigation into allegations of public nudity involving Caribbean participants during the April 22–28 Karnival Kingdom festival.
The Karnival Kingdom festival is a dynamic, soca-led event that fuses Caribbean carnival energy with African cultural expression.
Reacting to the development the Member of Parliament for Assin South raised concerns over public decency, cultural sensitivity and potential breaches of Ghanaian law.
“We are now importing cultures from other countries that openly undermine our own values and laws, and we are told it is acceptable. The justification that Ashantis celebrate Akwasidae in the UK, therefore Caribbeans can come to Accra and parade naked, is the height of absurdity. I have never witnessed a government-sanctioned display of such gross public indecency.
“When the videos first emerged, many of us thought they were AI-generated until verification proved otherwise. I am calling for a full-scale investigation into this matter to establish the potential complicity, or otherwise, of the Ministry of the Interior; the body mandated to oversee the Ghana Police Service and ensure decency in our public spaces.
“Who sanctioned the permit for this street carnival? Who authorised the deployment of police officers to supervise what we have seen? Which officers were present and effectively chaperoned this conduct?
“We have the Ministry of Tourism, the Ghana Tourism Authority, the Ghana Tourism Development Company, brand ambassadors, and diaspora affairs officials, all drawing salaries from taxpayers, yet they appear complicit in allowing our streets to be used in ways that disregard Ghanaian cultural values. The Ghana Police Service also seems to have condoned it, and no one appears concerned.
Source: Starrfmonline
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