"Founders' Day" The late President John Evans Atta Mills made September 21st a Public holiday to celebrate Ghana's first democratically elected president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. In 2012, President John Dramani Mahama directed the Ministry of Interrior to send an amendment bill to parliament to make the day statutory holiday when passed by Parliament. This day was named "Founder's Day." This amendment was met with serious opposition by members of the NPP (now in government). Their argument is that Kwame Nkrumah should not be the only person celebrated on "founder's day," but the other founding members of United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) like Ako -Adjei, Edward Akufo-Addo, J. B Danquah, Obetsebi-Lamptey and William Ofori-Atta should all be celebrated and the day should be know as "Founders' Day." And this is because the fight for independence from colonial rule began with the formation of UGCC. Recently, President Akufo-Addo's government has suggested "Founders' Day" be moved to August 13 (date of the formation of UGCC) and Nkrumah's birthday be celebrated on September 21. Yesterday, these arguments popped up again on almost all our media channels. Historians, academicians and many other intellectuals were called on to share their opinion on the matter. Today, I asked some people their opinions about the issue. . . Alfred Mordedzi is an electrician and he thinks everyone who was involved in the fight for independence be celebrated. But he thinks making the day a holiday is unnecessary. "We get chaw holidays for Ghana so this one no dey hia. We go fit rec am without making am a holiday." . . #Kpone #katamanso #Accra #Ghana #Africa #politics #history #statutory #kwamenkrumah #UGCC #independence #colonialrule #johndramanimahama #evansattamills #president #akufoaddo #media #streetstyle #streetphotography #accrawedey #everydayafrica (at Ashaiman - Zenu)
