JB Danquah was a ‘one man thousand’ – Ex-President Kufuor

Ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor has described the late Ghanaian statesman, Dr JB Danquah, as a ‘one man thousand’.

Speaking Wednesday at an event held to commemorate the 50^th anniversary of JB Danquah’s death at the Accra International Conference Centre, Ex-President Kufuor said from the 1920s to the 1940s, the member of the legendary ‘Big Six’ single-handedly wrote petitions and gave lectures to “awaken the consciousness of the people occupying the territory that became Ghana to ask for a dignified form of governance – self-governance”.

“JB Danguah belongs to Ghana; he irrefutably played a titanic role in the making of our nation that we are all part of today,” Ex-President Kufuor stated.

He went on to add that the Dr Danquah ought to be honoured and remembered not only by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) – which shares his political ideology – but by all Ghanaians.

JB Danquah was a Ghanaian statesman, pan-Africanist, scholar, Lawyer and a historian.

He played a significant role in pre- and post-colonial Ghana. In fact, he is credited with giving Ghana its name which was formerly Gold Coast.

During his political career, he was one of the primary opposition leaders to Ghanaian president and independence leader Kwame Nkrumah.