President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has rejected the assertion that Ghana was founded by an individual.
The President, in his 2024 Founders’ Day address on Saturday, August 3, said he does not support the opinion that the late Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was the sole founder of Ghana.
He indicated in his speech that several individuals and groups, including Joseph Casely Hayford and Thomas Hutton-Mills’ British West African Nation Congress, contributed to Ghana’s independence struggle.
“I speak to you this evening, rejecting completely, the notion that Ghana was founded by one man. While Kwame Nkrumah’s contributions to our independence are undeniable, it is important to acknowledge for ourselves that respect that the struggle for our nation’s freedom was a collective effort spanning several generations,” the president said in his broadcast.
“The formation of the Aborigines Rights Protection, the British West African Nation Congress, the United Gold Coast Convention, the work of countless unsung heroes, and the tenacious spirit of our people all played vital parts in bringing us to freedom and independence.
“Kwame Nkrumah with his charismatic visionary leadership was undoubtedly a major actor in the final lap of our journey to independence and that is why despite the several unfortunate things that happened after independence under his watch, Parliament in 2019, decided to memorialise his date of birth as Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day, the only Ghanaian so far to be so honoured in our history.”
The President delivered the message in commemoration of Foubders’, which is marked on August 4 to honour the collective efforts of those who contributed to Ghana’s independence struggle.
The law was passed in 2019 by Parliament.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
