Audio Attachment: Listen to Kweku Baako Ju=nr. on Peace FM's 'kokrokoo' |
Seasoned Journalist Kweku Baako has described President Nana Akufo-Addo's plans to present a legislation before Parliament to set aside August 4 as a day to celebrate Ghana's founders, including 'The Big Six', and September 21 as Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day as "needless and unsustainable".
According to Kweku Baako, who was speaking on Peace FM's Kokrokoo, Kwame Nkrumah remains a "global icon" and the "only founder of modern state of Ghana", thus any attempt to have another day to celebrate the founding fathers of the country is utterly baseless.
He told host Kwami Sefa Kayi that "August 4th on his own, however significant, is not sustainable basis for anybody to run into the realm of having founders. I think it’s unsustainable scientifically, politically, historically and logically".
Kweku Baako however advised President Akufo-Addo to ditch his intention because to him (Baako), "Kwame Nkrumah does not need a day, a statutory public holiday in his memory. He doesn’t need it".
“Nkrumah is the founder of the modern state of Ghana...There’s now a recognition of Nkrumah from even his adversaries, his traditional and his historical opponents that this man in spite of all his errors and some were grave; is actually a great man, a great Ghanaian, a great patriot", he stressed.
Kweku Baako says the declaration of a statutory holiday for the celebration of the founder of the country is "contentious" and so should be scrapped aside.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Kweku Baako cannot be far from the TRUTH and sometimes the TRUTH can be a toxic virus threat in the affairs of certain people and their families ; the case for Nana Addo attempting to re-craft his family members into the annals of Ghana's history to be at par with Kwame Nkrumah is tasteless and rather pathetic; untidy and to me borders on some tactless political masturbation by Nana Addo ; why does Nana Addo not face the real historical facts and stop this historical mirage chasing and untidy make belief aggrandisement for his family members and just let sleeping dogs lie ; everybody knows it has always being the ambition of Nana Addo and some ***barred word*** Akyem intellectuals to try and project this JB Danquah as the icon of democracy ;independence and the attainment of our republic ; the TRUTH is that ; Kwame Nkrumah was the main architect ; even his uncle JB Danquah could not win his own sit at Abuakwa ; so what is Nana Addo Attemting to portray ; his relatives were part of a team who contributed to democracy and independence in Ghana and if you are part of team you do claim the accolade as your personnel achievement ; there were powerful affluent people who did even more work than this JB Danquah; Nana Addo's father was a ceremonial President who contributed very little ;so how come suddenly people should have a holiday just because his son Nana Addo becomes the President-BULL .......S ; the same will happen when the son of JJ Rawlings becomes President and he choose that his father as the founder of the NDC should be turned into a holiday -WHAT A FARCE !!!!!!; Kweku Booko is CORRECT Kwame Nkrumah does not need Ghanaians to have another holiday for founders ; he may probably be turning in his grave; Nana Addo should stop this mediocre historical manipulation to rehabilitate his relatives and get on cleaning the SHEEET left behind by the NDC and Jon Mahama.
SO AKKUFO ADDO, ALL THESE YOUR FOUNDERS FATHERS WERE THERE AND THEY NEVER SAVE AMA GHANA, AND WAITED FOR OSAGYEFO NKRUMAH TO COMPLETE WHAT THEY STARTED AS YOU CLAIMED AND YOU EXPECT US TO RECOGNIZED THESE YOUR INCOMPETENT FATHERS WHO DID NOTHING BUT WENT OUT THERE ALL THE WAY LONDON TO FETCH NKRUMAH TO FIGHT FOR THEM. YOU PAA DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO PROVE TO ME THAT YOUR FOUNDING FATHER DID SOMETHING AND THEY NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED? AT LEAST AM 79 BORN I CAN PROVE NKRUMAH LET ME WITH GHANA TELECOM WHICH IS NOW VODAFONE AND AKOSOMBO DAM WHICH YOU ARE ABOUT TO SELL. ABA! NKRUMAH NEVER DIES. GIVE US A BREAK
Please, your story is incomplete. He also acknowledged the contributions of others and even cited Nkrumah's speech in parliament and in his book. Please do not be only one-sided and I do not know if you did that on purpose
akufo addo wants the whole world in his chest like lucifer but the whole universe which is just one out of the nine planets belongs to GOD ALMIGHTY who is not a wicked politician and does not discriminates.akufo addo,remember there is death.
For once I agree intoto with Kweku Baako.