National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer hopeful, Augustus "Goosie" Obuadum Tanoh has revealed how the opposition had its logo.
According to the Goosie Tanoh, the NDC party was birth through the grassroots member and as a result, the umbrella insignia of the party was conceptualized by an old lady in the Brong Ahafo.
In May 2012, the former First Lady stunned the nation by publicly claiming ownership of the NDC symbol of red, green, white and black umbrella with the head of an eagle on top, and threatened to take back the logo if the ruling party does not give respect to his family and revert to the ideals of probity and accountability espoused by her husband, Jerry John Rawlings.
In a letter to the then party Chairman, Dr. Kwabena Adjei, through her solicitors, Nana Konadu noted that, the disparagement of the logo had been manifested in disrespect for her husband, disunity of the party and lack of accountability by some key party leaders, and that, if steps were not taken to address her grief, she would have no option than to take back the party’s iconic symbol.
However, speaking on Asempa FM's Ekosii Sen programme, monitored by PrimenewsGhana on Monday, Mr. "Goosie" Tanoh said, the NDC logo is own by the NDC party and not any individual.
In what appeared to be confirmation of the former first lady's claim, a former Copyright Administrator, Bernard K Bosomprah disclosed that the ‘Umbrella’ insignia was brought for registration as an artistic work of the Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings and not as a symbol of the NDC and has therefore urged all who doubt his assertions to verify from the Copyright Office.