I anticipation we accept scaled accomplished these discussions afterward the auctioning of the 21st September anniversary of Founder's Day for the 4th August's of Founders' Day with the amendments to the Accessible Holidays Act of 2001, Act 601
It was bright what the government of the day approved to do and justifiably so. The National Pledge alike enjoins us to honour "the claret and application of our forefathers" and 6th March every year would accept been abundant to do this as it recognizes all founders in the attempt for ability and highlights the outstanding role Kwame Nkrumah played in this
Unfortunately, the Atta Mills government in evidently gluttonous to amuse Nkrumaists not alone alien a new Cedis agenda with the arch of Ghana's aboriginal President but additionally alleged a [wrong] date for his commemoration, aperture a Pandora's Box of others absent a chaw of the history cherry. No admiration the afterwards government absitively to aces the date for the accumulation of the aboriginal political affair for all founders
The actuality of the Akufo-Addo government's account for Nkrumah, adverse to some commentaries I accept apprehend and listened to abnormally from one lawyer-cum-historian (whose name I don't appetite to acknowledgment here), is apparent in the adherence with which 21st September, admitting not the exact altogether (18th September rather) of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah as he declared in his autobiography, was held. Kwame Nkrumah Canonizing Day is not alone a canonizing anniversary but a approved accessible holiday
For me, I anticipate the accomplished chat or altercation is affected in the monster alleged 'politics', which is bistro abroad the actual bolt of our society. I assumption if we do abroad with our political lenses, we will accept what the President meant by the anniversary of all founders and how he respects the astronomic role Kwame Nkrumah played in the ability attempt by befitting 21st September as his Canonizing Day
We are in an acclamation year and we should not acquiesce any political affair to baffle us into any political absurdity of President Akufo-Addo or the accepted government antisocial Nkrumah
By Emmanuel Kwame Amoh, a Ghanaian journalist