Dr. Nkrumah was major spokeman for Africa-Minister
Audrey Micah, Ghanadot
Accra, May 29, Ghanadot - The Deputy
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Samuel
Okudzetu Ablakwa has stated in an interview with GhanaDot that
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah still remains one of the most influential Pan
Africanists of the 20th century.He
said; it is in his role as a nation builder that led Ghana to an
independent country.
According to him as the country prepares to celebrate his 100
years, it is as well important for the youth of Ghana to revisit
the history of one of the greatest men in the African continent
and learn from him to be able to face the challenges of these
times.
He said Nkrumah never gave up on his dream for a better Africa,
thus he was a pioneering leader in the struggle for the total
emancipation of the continent, adding that Nkrumah’s dream was
fulfilled as he saw the eradication of race-based
unconstitutional governments in the continent.
To him, Nkrumah managed to transform and sustained the country
into a proactive and effective one for what he saw was the
"first stage of our emancipation"
"This shows that Kwame Nkrumah was a thinker and visionary in
his own rights and the most important hero for Afrrca and
especially Ghana."
The deputy minister maintained that Nkrumah's history serve as a
stage for the younger generation and a teacher to inform and
give confidence to the youth to be achievers and contributers
for Ghana’s development.
He said there is the need for Ghana to honour such a hero who
has done done so much for the Ghanaian people.
Hon. Ablakwa described Dr. Nkrumah as a statesman and a
patriotic nationalist but also a Pan-Africanist who widened the
horizons of the nationalist struggle to embrace social justice,
equity and issues of global peace and sustainable development
and won worldwide recognition for his greatness.
He reiterated the government preparedness to follow and complete
if not all some projects of the first president of the Ghana.
The deputy minister urged the youth to read more on Nkrumah and
what he stood for so as to enable them to stand and defend his
legacy when called upon.
Accra, May 29, Ghanadot - The Deputy Minister of
Information and National Orientation, Samuel Okudzetu
Ablakwa has stated in an interview with GhanaDot that
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah still remains one of the most
influential Pan Africanists of the 20th century. He
said; it is in his role as a nation builder that led
Ghana to an independent country....More
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