The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has slammed President Akufo-Addo for claiming the first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, should not be solely credited as the founder of Ghana.
President Akufo-Addo, in a statement to commemorate Founders’ Day, said he totally rejects the narration that Dr. Kwame Nkrumah founded Ghana.
He opined that the fight for Ghana’s independence was a collective effort and should not be attributed to a single individual.
Reacting to this, the CPP in a statement described the assertion by President as an “unfortunate gaffe” and argued that the president should have chosen his words more carefully on a day set aside to celebrate the nation’s founder.
“To reject The Osagyefo as the Founder of Ghana on the weak basis that “the struggle for our nation’s freedom was a collective effort spanning several generations” is indeed an unfortunate gaffe, and it would have been thought His Excellency would have been more selective with his words, in these last days of the NPP administration, especially after mistakenly referring to His Excellency the former President John Dramani Mahama as his vice only a couple of days ago. The NPP is indeed a party of inaccuracies and massaging of facts on all fronts,”’ the release read.
“The whole world knows who the Osagyefo is, and that he founded this country and named it Ghana, after the old Ghana Empire, on the eve of our independence of 6th March 1957. This was after countless attempts were made by the antecedents of the NPP, made up of Dr. J.B. Danquah and other elements of the UP tradition, to stop Ghana from gaining independence.”
Read the full statement below
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
