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Kwami Sefa Kayi, host of Peace FM's Morning show Kokrokoo, has slammed the Akufo-Addo government and politicians in the country over the raging debate over who should be regarded as the Founder of Ghana.

On Friday, September 21st, the country observed what has now come to be known as Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day; the day Ghana's first president was born.

Initially, the birthday of Ghana’s first President was observed as Founders’ Day, but last year, President Nana Akufo-Addo proposed a legislation to rather designate August 4 as Founders’ Day.

August 4 is noted as the date for the formation of the Aborigines’ Rights Protection Society by John Mensah Sarbah in 1897, and the formation of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) in 1947 by J.B. Danquah and George Alfred “Paa” Grant.

The thinking informing this proposal, according to the President, is to acknowledge the “successive generations of Ghanaians who made vital contributions to the liberation of our country from imperialism and colonialism.”

Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first President has been widely acknowledged to be the Founder of the nation for leading the fight for the independence and sovereignty of Ghana.

Though his works cannot be undermined, the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and other politicians have had heated arguments about the role of Kwame Nkrumah as Founder of Ghana.

This has led to confusions over whether to say the Founders' or Founder's Day with particularly emphasis on the position of the "s".

The bitter rivalry between followers of CPP some of whom have now metamorphosed into NDC and followers of the UGCC and UP tradition who are now supporters of the governing NPP, reared its ugly head once again over the weekend.

The NPP followers believe the likes of JB Danquah, Edward Akufo-Addo have not been given their pride of place in Ghana's political history. 

They are angered all the more with claims that Nkrumah was the founder of Ghana. The supporters of the CPP, the party which Nkrumah formed after breaking away from the UGCC are determined to keep the status quo.