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PNC bemoans Nkrumah's overthrow
Accra, Feb. 25, Ghanadot/GNA - The People's
National Convention (PNC) on Monday bemoaned the extent to
which Dr Kwame Nkrumah's agenda of a progressive Ghana and
Africa, where the cry of the lowly and underprivileged in
society would be the worry of the privileged, has been
betrayed.
A statement signed by Mr. Bernard Mornah, General Secretary
of PNC on the occasion of the 42nd anniversary of the
overthrow of Dr. Nkrumah which fell on Sunday, expressed
anguish at the extent to which all these policies towards
entrenching the sense of self-reliance had been let down.
“It is no gainsaying that, the programmes and policy
decisions of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah principally were meant to
insure social justice at all levels of our national life
and, equally so, instil in the Ghanaian and the African, the
uncompromising need for self-reliance,” he said.
He said the PNC was mourning for two significant reasons,
the first being that the services of a selfless world leader
was painfully truncated by foreign institutions such as the
CIA with the aid of “opportunistic selfish Ghanaian
traitors”.
The second reason, he said, was the negative effects of the
coup resulting in economic decline, backwardness in
development, the loss of hope and confidence of the average
Ghanaian in his capacity to excel in any sphere of labour.
It said a day like this presented a challenge of
resurrecting in a convincing manner the dreams and
aspiration of Dr Nkrumah.
“And it is our assurance to Ghanaians that we will not waver
in our efforts to ensure that these aspirations which were
suffocated to near extinction are brought back to life
sooner than later for the common good of Ghanaians and
Africans.”
The PNC said it was particularly important to mention that
this year's anniversary was at a time when Ghanaians were
preparing to go to the polls.
“It is important to remind our electorate in whom we
believe, ultimate power reside, that in preparing their
minds for this exercise, they should not forget that the
ideals of Nkrumah are even more relevant than ever in
answering the frequently asked questions of Ghana’s and
Africa's economic distress, high donor dependency and more
importantly insecurity.”
It said the PNC was the most qualified agency to execute
these ideas.
“It is therefore our appeal in the spirit of the common good
that whoever has the interest of this republic at heart and
wants to see it progress in the direction that will be
attractive to all as posited by Osagyefo, and anybody who
has the belief that the path of Nkrumaism is the righteous
in salvaging the lives of Ghanaians” to entrust the
management of the country to the PNC.
GNA
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