“We are serving them notice; we will confront them intellectually to put into perspective the true history of this country. Facts are only one, we don’t have alternative facts,” said former Member of Parliament for Nantong Constituency, Murtala Ibrahim Mohammed.
The former Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry was reacting to various comments made by Professor Michael Aaron Ocquaye, the Speaker of Parliament.
The speaker on Friday challenged the position of Dr Kwame Nkrumah as the Founder of modern Ghana.
At a public lecture delivered in Accra on the title "4th August; Ghana's Day of Destiny, which formed part of the activities marking the 60th independence anniversary of Ghana, Prof Ocquaye, said there was the need for the political history of the country to be told in its entirety.
The Speaker also indicated that, if CPP is determined to survive, their focus shouldn’t be on the New Patriotic Party (NPP) because they (the NPP) are not out to destroy them but rather should concentrate on the NDC because they created confusion within the CPP party which made it broken and fragmented into six political parties.
“The CPP has been penetrated by the newly created NDC . . . and that they have created confusion within the party which was then broken and fragmented into six political parties. And I wrote if the CPP wants to survive, they should not look our way because we are not out to destroy them. They must proceed to extricate themselves from the bowels of the NDC, then they will survive because as at now they are swallowed and as a truism, they know or should know who swallowed them.”
Reacting to this statement during a panel discussion on Radio Gold’s 'Alhaji and Alhaji', Murtala Ibrahim, condemned the Speaker for blaming the NDC for the problems in the CPP.
“Rawlings is a hero . . . ain’t there many people who disagree with the founder in the party, but many should also remember that Rawlings may be evil; he may be anything but at least he had the decency to bring back the remains of Nkrumah to be buried in Ghana and he ought to be commended, so don’t come and tell us that NDC should stop talking about Nkrumah; we don’t need your approval to be talking about Nkrumah. You can’t say the only way the CPP can survive is to insulate themselves from NDC . . . History is not for one person. Whether they like it or not, we have one founder and he is no less a person than Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah. If they are not comfortable they can hang on to the nearest tension wire,” he stated.
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Don't blame him ,but the free education the ntafou/pepefou had.
Where from this guy too?
With all his Jamboree comments Mutala couldn't even provide a single fact to support his uninformed claims. Thank God Ghanaians voted such political charlatans out of Government.If telling and promoting untruths is sustainable Mr Mutala look at the struggling CPP. You can't fight truth Mutala.Today the whole Ghana knows Nkrumah can't be ascribed as the founder of Ghana. There is always one truth and that was that it the UGCC with the likes of J. B. Danquah that contributed to the founding of Ghana
now its clear that the only thing we do very well in this country is talking, a lot of ***barred word*** talk and ***barred word*** aguements.who ever founded ghana of what benefit will it be to us today.the country is sick things are going down and down.people talk as if they r so clever but give them the opportunity and u will realise its empty talk.why dont we have a single athlete competing at the IAAF world championship.mean while we sit in our country and say we r the gateway to africa.NYAME BOA YEN
Among all the 11comments below urs is the odd one and it shows how low ur IQ is just like this so called murtalla. When Kuffuor gave Nduom a position didnt he go back to his party and so will edward mahama go back to his party. Nana is president for Ghana and not for NPP and he could have appointed NDC member too for a position but the truth is he need competent people to work with and NDC people doesnt qualify for that. Lack of knowledge wil make mutala perish and u will follow him cos he has to simply know that Ghana cant be found by only one Person.
These hogs ruled Ghana for 8years,my God!How could Nkrumah found Ghana alone when fact is he was even invited and paid by UGCC leaders?It's these lies and propaganda that destroyed CPP and so called Nkrumahists.Mark it NDC too will collapse because anything build on lies and propaganda falls.Look at how NPP has survived through all political stuggles and still formidable,because their founders were honest and sincere.
DID I READ THIS GUY SAID "WE", MEANING HE IS ONE OF THE SO CALLED INTELLECTUAL PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY? AAHH, SERIOUSLY? PERHAPS HE IS REFERRING TO THE N.D.C SINCE, "IN THE LAND OF THE BLIND, THE ONE EYED MAN, IS THE KING. MURTALA MUHAMMED AS AN INTELLECTUAL BECAUSE HE HAS A UNIVERSITY DEGREE, "AN IMPECCABLE CREDENTIAL" AS HE PUT IT. WELL, SAMPSON AHI ALSO HAS A UNIVERSITY DEGREE, SO HAS KWABENA MINTA-AKANDOH, RAS MUBARAK AS WELL I SUPPOSE, INCLUDING ALL THE OTHER T-W+ER-P-S WITH SHARP TEETH. OF COURSE THEY OBVIOUSLY HANDLED THE ECONOMY INTELLECTUALLY WITH AKUA DONKOR AS THE CHIEF ADVISOR TO THE OVER PERFORMED GOVERNMENT ABLY LED BY DR. DR. MAHAMA. GOOD INTELLECTUALS ALWAYS APPOINT EQUALLY GOOD INTELLECTUALS AS MINISTERS INCLUDING MURTALA MUHAMED. HAHAHAHA!!!!! GOD HELP GHANA.
It's amazing how ndc and their surrogates talk about Nkrumah but resist others talk about their heroes. Who gave you the right to force Nkrumah down the throats of all of us? I was in P.6 with some of the children of Nkrumah's detainees under the PDA when they were released from prison after the February 24, 1966 coup de tart and I know of the harrowing stories they told us on first hand just because they disagreed with Nkrumah on issues. Today you want us to rewrite the history of this country as if Nkrumah was the founder of Ghana and all who had issues with him on PRINCIPLES were not part of the freedom struggle. And this Murtala boy calls himself Honorable?
Please get your facts correct. It was Achampong who brought back the body of Nkrumah to be buried in Ghana and not Rawlings
I do not spent my precious time reading from ***barred word*** ndc members. This guy is an ***barred word***.