In a column aggregate on Facebook on Sunday, August 4, 2024 , he entreated Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo not to adapt Ghana's history, abnormally apropos who founded Ghana.
"President Akufo-Addo charge admit that afterwards eight years of advised efforts to adapt Ghana's narrative, Kwame Nkrumah's cachet as the artist of avant-garde Ghana is durably established.
"No bulk of political advertising can anytime abate his bequest or adapt the actual accuracy of his aces contributions to our nation.
"The actual facts absolutely authenticate that Nkrumah spearheaded the attempt for Ghana's liberation from colonial rule, authoritative him the primus inter pares of Ghana's adeptness movement.
"Ghana, aforetime accepted as the Gold Coast, was beneath British colonial aphorism for over a century. The action for adeptness was not a ad-lib accident but the aftereffect of years of agitation, activism, and political organization. While assorted individuals contributed to this struggle, it was Nkrumah's aberrant administration and eyes that paved the way for Ghana's freedom," he narrated.
He said Kwame Nkrumah was not aloof a actor in Ghana's adeptness attempt but the artist and active force abaft the movement for independence.
"Kwame Nkrumah was not aloof a actor in Ghana's adeptness struggle; he was the artist and active force abaft the movement; he was the artist and active force abaft the movement. His acknowledgment from the United States in 1947, afflicted by Pan-Africanism and socialism, apparent the alpha of a abolitionist access to the action for independence. Nkrumah's founding of the Convention People's Party (CPP) in 1949 and his byword "Self-Government Now!" galvanized the masses and set the date for Ghana's liberation.
Nkrumah's different adeptness to activate the masses through strikes, protests, and demonstrations challenged colonial ascendancy and aggressive accustomed Ghanaians to appeal their rights. His brave adherence to accord aural the nationalist movement and his advancement for pan-Africanism showcased his abstracted administration and charge to a free Africa," he narrated.
On Saturday, August 3, 2024 , the President, in his abode to the nation on Founders Day, objected to the actuality that Ghana was founded by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
"I allege to you this evening, abnegation absolutely the angle that Ghana was founded by one man. While Kwame Nkrumah's contributions to our adeptness are undeniable, it is important to accede for ourselves that account that the attempt for our nation's abandon was a aggregate accomplishment spanning several generations," he explained.
His comments accept sparked a agitation about the role Ghana's aboriginal president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, played in the attempt to attain independence.
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