According to him, the struggles of added founding fathers who helped the nation achieve its abandon from colonial masters charge be accustomed and celebrated
"I allege to you this evening, abnegation absolutely the angle that Ghana was founded by one man. While Kwame Nkrumah's contributions to our ability are undeniable, it is important to accede that the attempt for our nation's abandon was a aggregate accomplishment spanning several generations," the admiral said in his broadcast
Admiral Akufo-Addo's affect resonates with his government's change of the name "Founder's Day" to "Founders' Day." What is the absolute acumen abaft this? GhanaWeb gives insights into the acumen Founder's Day had to be afflicted to Founders' Day; The above Founder's Day was acclaimed annually on September 21, the bearing date of Pan-Africanist Dr. Kwame Nkrumah
This was to bless Dr. Kwame Nkrumah for his awe-inspiring developments in the country, mark his altogether and to bethink his acclaimed legacies and accomplishments as the architect of Ghana, above Africa and beyond
The September 21 Founder's Day had been in actuality as far aback as 1964, according to Ghana Facts and History folio on X
In the antecedent name, it is cogent to agenda that the 'S' appears afterwards an apostrophe, which decidedly acclaimed the achievements of 'only' Dr. Kwame Nkrumah as the architect and a affiliate of the Big Six, sidelining the added 5 members
However, Admiral , aloft bold office, proposed legislation to the Parliament of Ghana, gluttonous to change the date and the spelling of the Founder's Day celebration
The proposed date, August 4, marks two cogent actual contest in Ghana
Firstly, the accumulation of the Gold Coast Aborigines' Rights Protection Society led by John Mensah Sarbah on August 4, 1897, and secondly, the accumulation of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) on August 4, 1947, by J.B. Danquah and Paa Grant
Admiral Akufo-Addo's angle to change the Founder's Day anniversary from September 21 to August 4 was to ensure that added contributors and associates of the Big Six who played a key role in Ghana's ability were accustomed and not forgotten
The accessible anniversary alteration bill was clearly anesthetized in 2019 by the government, giving a aboriginal acceptation to Founder's Day
For this reason, Founder's Day was afflicted to Founders' Day with the apostrophe now actualization afterwards the 's' and not afore it
Subsequently, August 4 clearly became the date of the Founders' Day celebration, with the aboriginal anniversary actuality empiric on August 4, 2019
The new Founders' Day, which now includes added founding fathers, celebrates and honours associates of the Big Six; Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Edward Akufo-Addo, Joseph Boakye Danquah, Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey, William Ofori Atta, and Ebenezer Ako-Adjei
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