Immortalize Dr Nkrumah,
says Osei Bonsu
Dodowa (GAR), May 11,
Ghanadot/GNA – Mr. Kwabena Osei-Bonsu, Chief Executive
Officer of Kick Malaria Out of Africa, a non-governmental
organization (NGO), has called on Ghanaians to immortalize Dr
Kwame Nkrumah, first President of Ghana.
He explained that the able leadership role played by the first
President in uniting Ghana and Africa contributed to the
development of the people on the continent and said that
everything possible must be done to honour him as his 100th
birthday got closer.
Mr Osei-Bonsu made the call when Dangme West Mango Nursery
Producers Association donated 1,000 seedlings worth 2,500 Ghana
Cedis to the NGO at Dodowa in the Greater Accra Region on
Monday.
The donation was in support of the NGO’s tree-planting exercise
that formed part of activities to mark Dr Nkrumah's Centenary
Birthday, which begins on May 16 and ends on September 21, the
birthday of the first President.
Mr Osei-Bonsu said Dr Nkrumah stood for unity, peace and
stability and that the role he played in liberating Africa
should be embraced by all.
He said the Cashew Department of the Ministry of Food and
Agriculture and the Seed Production Unit of the Cocoa Service
Division had provided the NGO with 11,200 cashew seedlings and
4,200 cocoa seedlings respectively to support the exercise.
Mr Osei Bonsu thanked farmers from Anum Apapam, schools in the
Afram Plains in the Eastern Region, and Awutu Traditional
Council, led by Nai Okpei Saah IV, for supporting the exercise.
He called on other individuals and organization to support the
NGO to achieve its aim of immortalizing the great man of Ghana.
Members of Keep fit clubs, religious organizations, market women
associations and civil service organization would take part in
exercise.
GNA