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Nkrumah’s 100 years to be celebrated in Style
Audrey Micah. Ghanadot

Accra, Jan 27, Ghanadot -This year marks the centenary anniversary of the birth of Ghana’s first president, and a rejuvenate Kwame Nkrumah Foundation has unveiled plans to celebrate the life of the continents most important and well respected leader.

Speaking to the current president of the Kwame Nkrumah Foundation, Professor Agyeman Badu Akosah, it was revealed that one of the ideals of Dr. Nkrumah was the creation of equal opportunities for all Ghanaians to achieve their potential.

Dr. Nkrumah he said believed that ultimately the government must be judged by how well it promotes and secures the welfare of the people.

He noted that though the Foundation established in1984 has been dormant for sometime, a new era of progressive activism has been injected into the Foundation to promote the ideals of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.

According to Professor Akosah, the challenges faced by the country have made Nkrumaism still relevant since the ideals that Nkrumah championed were yet to be achieved.

The president of the Kwame Nkrumah Foundation reiterated that the fact that 40 per cent of Ghanaian children are stunted by chronic malnutrition means Dr. Nkrumah’s dream has not been fulfilled, adding that “so long as Ghanaian children do not go to school to achieve their God-given talents, the dream is unfulfilled.

Outlining some of the activities to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s birth today at the British Council, Professor Badu Akosah “we will commemorate all the significant milestones of his life including 24th February ; Independence Day, 6th March; 27th April, the day he died; May Day, Solidarity with workers, farmers and fishermen; 1st July, Republic Day; 1st August, the day of the bomb attack at Kulungugu, which eventually marked the beginning of his battle with cancer that killed him”.

Professor Badu Akosah disclosed that the foundation would as well institute a three-day Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Lecture to be held in September, preceding his date of birth, adding that the foundation would also propose to President Mills to honour Osagyefo by making September 21, Founder’s Day as Holiday, just as Americans deem it fit to make Martin Luther King’s birthday, a holiday.

In December, according to Professor Akosah, there would be reflections on the life of Nkrumah during which people who lived, worked, ate with him will tell their story. He said the foundation is also going to establish Osagyefo clubs in all the districts to educate Ghanaians on his vision and ideals.

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