The former president of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama in his marking the birthday of Ghana’s first president Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah pour tons of praises on Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
President Akufo-Addo is proposing to parliament to change the founder’s day (September 21) which was declared by late President Attah Mills to August 4th – the day first political party was formed in Ghana as founders’ day.
But According to the Mr. Mahama, he still recognizes Dr. Kwame Nkrumah as founder of the modern Ghana
Read his full statement:
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.
