Stop ounders’ Day debate and fix the economy – Prof. Agyemang-Duah to politicians
Published:
4 months ago
Source:
Pulse Ghana
Speaking on Key Points on TV3 today, August 10, 2024, politicians should desist from drawing citizens into needless debates, and cautioned them against attempting to rewrite Ghana's history.
"Our leaders must lead us in such a way that they do not draw us into needless debates especially, we should not seek to rewrite our history," he said. He also added, "Politicians do not write history, there are very important challenges that we are facing and that should be our focus. Our economy has been wobbling for the past decades, it is true that it is more challenging lately…we should look at how to develop an economy that is not dependent on the global economy, we initiate domestic policies."
His comments follow President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's objection to the notion that Ghana was founded by one man. Nana Addo asserts Kwame Nkrumah is not the only founder of Ghana
In the president's 2024 Founders' Day address on Saturday, August 3, Nana Addo objected to the assertion that Ghana was founded by Dr Kwame Nkrumah. In 2019, Parliament passed a law establishing August 4 as Founders' Day to honour the collective efforts of those who contributed to Ghana's independence struggle, while designating September 21 as Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day.