The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has commemorated the 58th anniversary of the overthrow of Ghana’s first president, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, describing the abrupt finish to Nkrumah’s visionary management as a day of disgrace that may eternally be remembered.
The NDC, in a press launch, said that the February 24, 1966 coup d’état derailed Ghana from the trail of accelerated growth and industrialization.
NDC additionally accused the founders of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of instituting a deliberate agenda to erase the legacy and immense contributions of Kwame Nkrumah from Ghana’s historical past books.
“This nation-wrecking act was followed by a deliberate agenda by the Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition to obliterate the memory of Nkrumah by attacking his works and legacy. Despite their determined efforts to rewrite history, the memory of Kwame Nkrumah lives on, and his legacy remains unparalleled.”
The celebration in its press launch additional urged Ghanaians to unequivocally reject any resurgence of treachery and political machinations geared toward undermining democratic rules and historic reality. It urged a dedication to upholding Nkrumah’s imaginative and prescient of a affluent and egalitarian society, free from the distortions of revisionist agendas.
“We must say never again to such acts of treachery that have set our nation back and rolled back the clock of progress by several years. Ghanaians must reject those whose mission is not to pursue the path of democracy for the upliftment of our citizens, but their selfish quest for historical revisionism and the recognition of their ancestors.”
Below is the NDC’s full press launch.
NDC REMEMBERS OSAGYEFO DR. KWAME NKRUMAH ON THE OCCASION OF HIS OVERTHROW 58 YEARS AGO
The National Democratic Congress at this time joins Ghanaians in commemorating 58 years after the unlucky overthrow of Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
On twenty fourth February 1966, President Nkrumah was ousted from workplace by means of Ghana’s first-ever coup d’etat. That day shall be remembered as Ghana’s day of disgrace, because the coup truncated Nkrumah’s transformational imaginative and prescient which he had set in movement for the accelerated growth and industrialisation of our nation.
Instructively, the coup was executed by safety personnel with the lively orchestration of the forbears of these on the helm of affairs of our nation at this time, in shut collaboration with their international pay masters.
This nation-wrecking act was adopted by a deliberate agenda by the Danquah-Busia-Dombo custom to obliterate the reminiscence of Nkrumah by attacking his works and legacy. Despite their decided efforts to rewrite historical past, the reminiscence of Kwame Nkrumah lives on, and his legacy stays unparalleled.
We should say by no means once more to such acts of treachery which have set our nation again and rolled again the clock of progress by a number of years. Ghanaians should reject these whose mission is to not pursue the trail of democracy for the upliftment of our residents, however their egocentric quest for historic revisionism and the popularity of their ancestors.
Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah actually by no means dies.
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