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The communications director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Akomea wants the national anthem of Ghana changed. According to the main opposition party�s stalwart, Dr Ephraim Amu�s patriotic song � �Yen ara asaase ni� � which means �This land is our own� must replace the age-old God Bless Our Homeland Ghana. Akomea said the patriotic song which is seen in some quarters as the de facto national anthem of the oil-producing country, �has grown on its own� and easily identifies with Ghana. The former MP for Okaikwei South told Accra-based Joy FM the popular Twi song must be translated into �other languages just like the South African anthem� so that everyone can sing in their own dialect. Ghana�s current anthem �God Bless Our Homeland Ghana� was originally written and composed by Philip Gbeho and adopted in 1957.