21st September still remains Founder’s Day- CPP asserts
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) says it still recognizes 21st September as Founder’s day, despite government’s decision to make it a memorial day.
21st September was initially celebrated as Founder’s day in honour of Ghana’s first President, Kwame Nkrumah, who is credited as leading the country to independence.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, however, renamed 21st September as Nkrumah Memorial Day.
The NPP government had argued that celebrating the day as Founder’s day, with Ghana’s independence achievement credited solely to Nkrumah was wrong as others including the Dr. J.B. Danquah also played key roles in the country’s independence struggle.
In an interview with Citi news, National Organizer for the CPP, Moses Yirimambo Ambing, however, stated that the party still holds Kwame Nkrumah as the sole founder of Ghana.
Mr. Moses Yirinambo stated the party would be embarking on a couple of activities to commemorate the day.
“Today signifies the day that the greatest African was born and we still regard the day as the Founders’ day despite the government scrapping it or watering it down into the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial day”.
“We still acknowledge that Kwame Nkrumah is the sole founder of modern Ghana so for us the day is significant to us. We are going to commemorate the day by going to the Museum then we have a solemn procession to the party’s headquarters where we are going to address the nation.”
