Minority Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, is wondering why the ruling government is insisting on 'distorting' the history of the country.
The Minority in Parliament staged a walkout on Thursday to express their disapproval for the holiday Amendment Bill currently before the House which seeks to scrap Republic and AU days as public holidays and introduce August 4 as Founders’ Day and January 7 as Constitution Day leaving September 21 as a commemorative day.
Giving a further explanation on why they decided to walk out, Ablakwa who doubles as the Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency said the minority will not be part of a deliberate attempt to change the history of the country.
“We did not want to be part of this sacrilegious endeavour . . . we are not saying Kwame Nkrumah did all the work, but there is somebody who stands out who is a trailblazer and that is why we said we will not be part of this sacrilegious mission,” he emphasised.
According to him, “there is a clear attempt to distort our history; attempt to downgrade what Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah stood for. We must take cognizance in the fact that this case has been long settled in our records; national archives. These are matters that have been settled and the attempt to distort history will not help anybody.”
He said instead of distorting Ghana’s history, the ruling government should concentrate on what really matters.
“At this juncture of our history, the people of Ghana want government to be thinking of the insecurity in this country, depreciation of the currency, how we can change the structure of this economy; create jobs for teeming youth, but all their doing is to distort history; totally needless. The lack of logic; legal jurisprudence; there is really no basis in what is being done . . . It is mind-boggling and shocking; you cannot understand what is going on,” he added while speaking on Citi Eyewitness news programme.
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I do not give damn about NDC & NPP but I do care about the legacy of Dr. Nkrumah. Nobody can't change the truth He is the founder of Ghana. Many people fought for the independence of the United States from Britain but the only name officially recognized is George Washington. This ***barred word*** argument must be seized. Damn it, other serious countries are progressively implementing policies to better than the lives of their citizenry, but for Ghana every single day ***barred word*** party polities every day.
The propaganda waged by the then CPP and its offspring political groupings have failed. Over the decades they have projected Nkrumah as a super human! My problem is how the invitee can become the founder whereas those who invited him have no place in the history of the nation. Common sensse does not support this. Our history had always been warped. Now is the time to set the records straight. We must thank Nana Addo for his efforts to make posterity appreciate our history. Those of Okudzeto's mentality must understand that they have commercialized the Nkrumah's name for far too long. But for his name what would Kwesi Pratt ever say in public? How could the Ablakwas and the Fiifi Qweteys and co get to the lime light without ever working after school or in life? No wonder such people will not sit down or be part of the system that will bring the NKRUMAH BRAND, which has been the source of their daily bread, down! However, they should know that no condition is permanent but rather, time changes.
AKUFFO ADDO CANNOT RE-WRITE THR HISTORY OF GHANA. ALL OF US ARE AWARE THAT NKRUMAH IS THE HERO OF GHANA, AFRICA AND WORLD AS A WHOLE.HE SHOULD FOCUS HIS ATTENTION ON THE DOLLAR. WHEN BAWUMIA WAS GIVING LECTURES ON ECONMICS HE TAUGHT GOVERNANCE WAS MOUTH MOUTH. NKRUMAH IS FIRST AMONG EQUAL. DIABOLIC PEOPLE OF GHANA IS NPP. TRYING TO TAKE CREDIT FROM NKRUMAH TO GIVE IT TO HIS UNCLE J.B DANQUAH. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE REST PLAYED THEIR PART BUT NKRUMAH WAS THE TRAIL BLAZE
You can't understand because your party is not in power. Is not what you guys were saying they should wait for their turn? It's winner takes all affair. Let's change it if it's not good.
You are the distortors, and it wuld not work. Our eyes are now wild open ooo!!!! NDC forks.
the insecurity that you people from the NDC have created by kidnapping innocent citizens especially children? look your diabolic acts will all come to bare