It really bugs me when I hear reporters/commentators/newspeople on local/Ghanaian radio and TV stations expressing expenditure in terms of cedis - and usually this is not millions, but billions, or even more.
Ghana switched currency from cedis to Ghana cedis in July 2007, and I would have thought that two years on, the media especially should be consistent in how they express amounts of money.
I suspect a lot of the time that this is done on purpose? perhaps to try and entice listeners, or readers (in the case of newspapers)?
A typical example [see Daily Guide of 18 June ]came up this morning allied to discussions about the amounts spent by the Ghanaian transitions teams earlier on in 2009.
If the media continues to use the old currency - and many are constantly putting over their roles as educators - when will the rest of us feel comfortable using the new one - except physically of course!
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clearly, our media has a LOT of education to do in ensuring everyone understands that there is ONE currency now--GHANA CEDI!
Maybe the government should just do something about this particular ‘thing’ for a name for the currency of a nation! Ghana Cedi(s) is just too... some way! (for lack of a better expression). It’s odd. Really odd!!!
so I say cedi(s) (simply) and I would just get on with it! whoever thought of giving us this odd name should not be encouraged by letting it stay! I stand against ‘Ghana cedi(s) morally, sensually and Godly!
I think the media should rather concentrate on other things as getting their facts right and presentations properly done!
Amen!
the real fun is that they forgot (or did they?) to tell us to say Ghana Pesewa(s) instead of just Pesewa(s).
There’s just too much ‘zig-zagging’ and less consistency about simple matters and I can bet my one Ghana Pesewa - oh no, sorry!- one pesewa on it!!!
Same issue with metric and imperial measurement standards. Its been about 30yrs (if not more) since Ghana went metric and we still deal in yards etc.
When there are consequences for using the old system, people will change very quickly.
It didn't take long for that 100% switch to driving on the right.
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