President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that Ghanaians were not asleep before the arrival of former President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and the Convention People’s Party (CPP).
These remarks follow his earlier statements during the 2024 Founders’ Day address on Saturday, August 3, where he stated that Ghana was not founded solely by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
Despite the ensuing debate from individuals and groups who uphold Nkrumah’s singular role in the country’s founding, President Akufo-Addo has reiterated his stance.
Hosting the senior citizens to mark the 2024 Founders’ Day on Monday in Accra, the President noted: “I know there are some who question this ceremony that is 4th August as Founders Day because they believe that we were asleep in Ghana until the arrival of Kwame Nkrumah and the CPP.”
“I have already stated my views on that several times including in my speech last Saturday evening. I don’t intend to go over that matter again. Suffice to say I believe that the consensus that parliament arrived at in 2019 honouring Kwame Nkrumah in a memorial day and preserving the historical importance and significance of August 4th in our history is a good consensus and it deserves to last.”
