Nana Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana was a member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) till the morning of 1966 coup, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, Editor of the Insight Newspaper has revealed.
According to him, when the National Liberation Council which overthrew the government of Ghana’s first President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, drew up the list of the “most dangerous CPP elements” to be arrested that morning, Nana Akufo-Addo’s name was on the list.
“So if the CPP was such a bad organization and had committed all of these atrocities, it was with the support, concurrence and participation of His Excellency President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo,” he stated.
He questioned: “Isn’t it strange that a member of CPP up until the morning of February 24, 1966, is the one leading the charge,” of changing the narrative of who founded Ghana.
Kwesi Pratt Jnr told Samuel Eshun on Radio Gold current affairs program, Alhaji and Alhaji, the President in his maiden state of the nation address sought to incite a debate over who founded Ghana.
President Akufo-Addo seemed unhappy that Founder’s Day public holiday only acknowledges and celebrates Ghana’s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
Delivering a speech to climax Ghana’s 60th anniversary celebration, President Nana Akufo-Addo stoked embers of the debate over whether Ghana should have founding fathers or just a founding father.
But commenting on this issue on Alhaji and Alhaji Saturday, Mr. Kwesi Pratt said: “President Nana Addo’s purpose for the call for debate is to add his two uncles and his father to the list of national heroes.”
He added that “one of the people he (President Akufo-Addo) wants to add to the list of national hero’s is a convicted terrorist. Obetsebi Lamptey was a convicted terrorist, and surprisingly Nana Addo’s father was one of the three judges to have declared him a terrorist.”
“If Justice Akufo-Addo was convinced that Obetsebi Lamptey was a terrorist, should he be added
Source: radiogold905.com
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What is wrong with establishing the authentic founder of the Ghana nation? For the emancipated Gold Coast colony, the Ghana nation name was adopted from ancient Mansa Musah's gold rich country. The suggestion to adopt the Ghana name for the newly independent Gold Coast colony had been made by Dr. J. B. Dankwa long before Kwame Nkrumah received his invitation to join the emancipatory team fighting to liberate the Gold Coast from British thraldom. Kwame Nkrumah tried appropriating titles that never can belong to him. Ghana had existed long before the British adventurists came pillaging the Gold Coast. Nor can it be accepted that the title CONDITOR CIVITATIS GHANIENSIS Kwame Nkrumah had minted ON THE GHANA COINS to commemorate Ghana's independence was right. Kwame Nkrumah never founded Ghana anywhere. He was wrong, Kwame Nkrumah had known all along.KWAME NKRUMAH TRIED STEALING A TITLE! THIS IS ALL IT AMOUNTS TO.
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I want to know if people buy this man Kwesi Pratt newspapers
Kwsei, you a a disgracce to the media franernity. Does Kwesi mean he knows and understands Ghana's history better than Nana whise sense of lucidity most of us can trust? What is wrong in a young man sympathising or joining a political party and changing at a later stage? Most Ghanaians, especially those of the socialist inclination, do not want to read. Theirs is to bask in the name of Nkrumah's and think that will solve Ghana's problems like a magician's wand. What the types of Anyidoho and Kwesi Pratt have succeeded in doing is to commercialize Nkrumah's name. What have they achieved individually apart from speaking overtly or covertly for the CPP and NDC, both of Nkrumah origin? However, they must note that the era that the name Nkrumah invoked panic is far gone. The coup that broke the myth surrounding him, his inability to inculcate any leadership culture in his followers, his lack of economic foresight and insultts by his followers have done more harm than good to his legacy. Many people contributed to the course of Ghana's independence and if other heads of state or governments did not acknowledge them, we should not castigate the only one who is candid about our history. Posterity will be the best judge. I believe that public holiday (founder's day) will be abolished at a short last.
In 1966 Nana Akufo-Addo was 21 years and was a staunch member of CPP. Was also on this of most dangerous persons to be picked by NLC. His father was sacked by Kwame Nkrumah from the Supreme Court. Kwesi can you please educate me. I am confused.
So these empty h.e.a.d.e.d followers of the Elephant party cannot reason beyond their love for party. Christiano Ronaldo and lionel Messi did not play for their various clubs alone but were named Footballers of the year, talk about leaders who did not struggle alone but were named founders of their nations include: Mandela, George Washington, Mahatma Gandhi, etc, simple analogy and logical reasoning is missing here. If six of them are named founders, whose birth day should we recognized the holiday. Think a little
What is wrong with Kwasi Pratt. Kwasi we have all read history of Ghana. There is no distortion in Nana Addo's Accounts that he gave. Please pinpoint the portion. Aaaaaba. Mr. Knows all. We are all educated and have read about Ghana History. Don't you know you have become n u i s a n c e to Ghanaians. Most people don't listen to you any more. Nana was just narrating how the struggling started and the key people who were involved but the focus was not on the independence itself but on the history. Why are you so much agitated. Kwame Nkrumah himself was a member of the UGCC before becoming a CPP. CPP itself was born out of UGCC because the one who brought about CPP was once an UGCC member. Challenge me with this too. Ghaianians are enlightening so we all do analysis. Please ***barred word*** and lets move on. Let's think about our free SHS, I district 1 village, 1 village 1 dam.
Please koliko your drugs are waiting for u here in pantang. Please come for it to avoid public panic . I'm waiting kokiko
The man is mentally derailed.
Pitiful Kwesi needs psychiatric treatment soonest. Let's help him else.........