Following pressure being mounted on the embattled Acting Director of the Information Service Department (ISD) to resign over the controversial error-ridden Ghana @59 Independence Anniversary Brochure, Francis Kwarteng Arthur has been sacked.

The error-prone brochure, authored by the Information Services Department (ISD), referred to Kenya leader Uhuru Kenyatta as the President of Ghana, while describing the 59-year-old country as a “low income country” among other misrepresentations.

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The Acting Director has taken responsibility for the Anniversary brochure which in many ways has made Ghana a laughing stock among her peers.

"Mr Francis Kwarteng Arthur has been relieved of his duties as Acting Director of the Information Services Department," a statement from the Communications Ministry said.

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The statement said "the Ministry of Communications assumes responsibility for the Flagstaff House Communications Bureau."

The gross misrepresentations in the brochure meant for the national Independence Day anniversary parade were met with mixed reactions with majority of Ghanaians calling for heads to roll.