Should the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) win back power in the future, indications are that it will reverse the changes the governing New Patriotic Party plans to make to Founder’s Day, which is observed on Kwame Nkrumah’s birthday.
The NDC, known for its support for Nkrumaist ideals, deems this move as an attempt to distort Ghana’s by enforcing the idea that Ghana had multiple founders.
The NDC’s Organising Secretary, Kofi Adams, noted to Citi News that “it must be made very clear that a future government, that is not an NPP government will correct this distortion. If they ever attempt to distort this information, it will be corrected.”
The change is only a proposal as yet, but the September 21 Founder’s Day instituted by the NDC in 2012, has been changed to Nkrumah Memorial Day, via an executive instrument by President Nana Akufo-Addo.
August 4, the Founders Day date, is noted as the date for the formation of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) in 1947 by J.B. Danquah and George Alfred “Paa” Grant, two forebears of the NPP tradition as currently constituted.
The NDC has served notice it will protest on September 21, to register its discontent with the government’s change of the Founders Day.
“Any attempt to force on us some founders will be resisted by all progressive forces in this country. Ghana’s founding president’s birthday is 21st of September. That day has been recognized by even the African Union,” Mr. Adams declared.
“We are not just demonstrating; we are giving indications that, true Ghanaians, Ghanaians with consciences understand and believe that many persons played roles in bringing us independence but Kwame Nkrumah was on top of it and that day has been recognized by Ghanaians and has been recognized by the African Union.”
The NDC government in 2012, earmarked September 21, Kwame Nkrumah’s birthday, as Founder’s Day, sparking the debate over Ghana’s founders and concerns that other key figures in the fight for independence were being sidelined.
Source: citifmonline.com
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Are u smoking weeed and its gotten into your brains to cause irreparable damage? You and who will reverse it? Are you in power? Who told u that Ghanaians are going to vote for eddddiots again? Your stuuuuupppidddy has blinded you. You are hopelesss
When is NDC going to start thinking big and doing big things. It looks as if everyone associated with the party has a small brain. What a pity.
With a credible electoral register and an honest electoral commissioner, the NDC should forget about winning power anytime soon. The rigging that helps them win power will be no more.
Just like you did to the 4 years SHS President Kuffour made it 4 years that produced the best results so far. NDC is also credited to changing the name of golden jubilee to Flagstaff House a place the vowed to turn into a poultry farm.
But teacher Kofi, you and the NDC are not coming into power anytime soon . . . like may be 2079? Errrmmm that is may be coz we will not bring you back under any circumstance to come and destroy our free shs and other relevant policies like you did to the national health insurance scheme
I am happy you said" in the future" I think 2032 would be the precise year for u to come back.incompetent visionless clueless mammals !!!
You will reverse it after 50 years in opposition? You in the ndc don't know what you want,you really in identity crisis. Eeeeiii! When did Osagyefo became an ndc man? All ndc know is changing unnecessary things they have no idea about when they get power and who is sick to give these people power?Kofi Adams there is a fire on Togo run,run. Where were your parents when our ancestors were fighting for independence? Had it not because of Rawlings you might be carrying cocoa from our farms to the depot. You are enjoying and speaking sh*t when the indigenes are suffering.If I had the power all those foreigners in the ndc would never get Ghana card but resident cards. I don't care if you call me KKK or Ghana supremacist or whatever Ghana must belong to Ghanaians and there should be a difference between a citizen and a settler. ECOWAS is not a country and Ghana is not Annex. I was born into cpp and I support Osagyefo's deportation order and his view of Ghana's parliament should be for only Ghanaians.A foreigner is a foreigner and an aligator can never be a crocodile.