The Former President John Dramani Mahama has stated that Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah is the Founder of Ghana.
According to him, Dr Nkrumah was the critical spark that put Ghana on a high velocity path to independence.
He believes Osagyefo’s emergence as the Founder of modern Ghana and an international symbol of freedom was not by accident.
His comment comes on the back of a proposal by the Akufo-Addo’s government to revise Founders’ Day which is celebrated on Dr Nkrumah’s birthday September 21 to August 4 to honour people who assisted in the attainment of Ghana’s independence.
There have been some debates as to who is the sole founder of Ghana’s independence between some members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), National Democratic Congress (NDC), Convention People’s Party (CPP) and other political parties.
In a Facebook post on Wednesday Mr Mahama wrote ‘It remains a dark irony of our history that, the very political tradition which conspired to truncate his unparalleled vision on 24th February 1966, is today seeking to revise Ghana’s history’.
He is advocating for full recognition for Dr Nkrumah on his birthday.
Read details of Mr Mahama’s Facebook post:
On the 21st day of September, I join millions all over the world to remember Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah- the Founder of Ghana, a global icon and the BBC Listeners “Man of the Millennium”.
Osagyefo’s emergence as the Founder of modern Ghana and an international symbol of freedom was not by accident. He was a Pan-Africanist, a philosopher, a writer, and a visionary who matched his words with actions. His towering personality is still recognized in Ghana and beyond.
It remains a dark irony of our history that, the very political tradition which conspired to truncate his unparalleled vision on 24th February 1966, is today seeking to revise Ghana’s history.
The song “Kwame Nkrumah never dies” has proved true not in the sense of his immortality but in the fact that his name will continue to be written in letters of gold whenever the history of Ghana, Africa and the world is recounted.
It is an indisputable fact that Nkrumah was the critical spark that put Ghana on a high velocity path to independence.
Happy Founder’s Day Fellow Ghanaians.
By: Ghana/Ultimatefmonline.com/106.9FM
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The Former President John Dramani Mahama has stated that Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah is the Founder of Ghana. According to him, Dr Nkrumah was the critical spark that put Ghana on a high velocity path to independence. He believes Osagyefo’s emergence as the Founder of modern Ghana and an international symbol of freedom was not by accident. […]
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