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Akufo-Addo erred in choosing August 4 as Founders’ Day – Historian
Kwaku Darko Ankrah, a historian, has criticised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for selecting August 4 as Founders’ Day.
In 2019, Parliament passed a law establishing August 4 as Founders’ Day to honour the collective efforts of those who contributed to Ghana’s independence struggle, while designating September 21 as Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day.
This decision sparked protests from individuals and groups who believed in Nkrumah’s singular role in the country’s founding.
However, in his 2024 Founders’ Day address on Saturday, August 3, President Akufo-Addo firmly rejected the notion that Ghana was founded by a single individual, disagreeing with claims that Kwame Nkrumah single-handedly founded Ghana.
In an interview with Bernard Avle on The Point of View on Channel One TV, Kwaku Darko Ankrah described the President’s decision as “totally wrong,” emphasising that August 4 marks the formation of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC).
He argued that several individuals laid the foundation by playing key roles in Ghana’s independence before the emergence of the Big Six, stating that the President truncated their contributions by choosing August 4 to mark Founders’ Day.
“The President was totally wrong when he selected August 4, you state August 4, it means that you are truncating the work others have done….the significance of August 4, is the formation of UGCC, it’s a political party. Never, how can you use a political party’s formation as the foundation of Gold Coast?
“Then we should go back to about March 8, 1897, as the formation of Gold Coast, because that is where the Aborigines’ Rights Protection Society (ARPS) was founded to save the lands of this country. For me, I don’t understand the August 4.”
Source: Citinewsroom.com
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Shake up in Police: IGP reconstitutes Management Board
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno has today,
March 19, 2025 made the following changes.
The new command changes are expected to ensure effective management and
operational control of the Ghana Police Service.
The command changes are;
1. COP/Mrs. Maame Yaa Tiwa Addo-Danquah, Director-General/R&P.
2. COP/Mr. Paul Manly Awini, Service Workshop, Accra.
3. COP/Mr. Daniel Kwame Afriyie, Director-General/PSO
4. COP/Dr. Ernest Kwabena Owusu, Director-General/SVCS
5. COP/Mr. Mohammed Fuseini Suraji, Director-General/NPD
6. COP/Dr. Sayibu Pabi Gariba, Director-General/Technical,
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NACOC arrests long-time drug target
An intelligence-led operation by the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, resulted in the arrest of a 56-year-old Nigerian, Uchechukwu Chima at Oyarifa, a suburb of Accra.
A statement signed by the Acting Director, Public Affairs and International Relations,Francis Opoku Amoah a search conducted by the NACOC team at the suspect’s hideout uncovered substances suspected to be narcotic drugs.
He added that field tests conducted on the suspected substance proved positive for cocaine and heroin, both narcotic drugs.
The suspected narcotic substances, with a total weight of about 192kg of cocaine and 0.42kg of heroin, are estimated at a street value of Two Million, One Hundred and Twenty-one Thousand, Six Hundred and Sixty United States Dollars (US$2.1 Million).
The suspect, Uchechukwu Chima who has been a target for NACOC for some time now, is noted to be the brain behind some seizures/arrests made by NACOC in the past.
NACOC, by this seizure and arrest, has taken this substantial quantity of drugs from the street, saving millions of lives of people who would have otherwise perished from abusing these hard drugs.
NACOC remains committed to making Ghana an unprofitable destination for drug trafficking and thus protecting the safety and well-being of all Ghanaians and the international community.
