Nkrumah's name will continue to be written in letters of gold – Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama has waded into the debate as to whether or not Ghana’s first president, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, founded Ghana.

According to him, Dr Nkrumah must be given the due recognition on his birthday, September 21.

In a facebook post on Wednesday, Mr Mahama wondered why the New Patriotic Party (NPP) “is today seeking to revise Ghana’s history”.

Below is the full post

On the 21st day of September, I join millions all over the world to remember Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah- the Founder of Ghana, a global icon and the BBC Listeners “Man of the Millennium”.

Osagyefo’s emergence as the Founder of modern Ghana and an international symbol of freedom was not by accident. He was a Pan-Africanist, a philosopher, a writer, and a visionary who matched his words with actions. His towering personality is still recognized in Ghana and beyond.

It remains a dark irony of our history that, the very political tradition which conspired to truncate his unparalleled vision on 24th February 1966, is today seeking to revise Ghana’s history.

The song “Kwame Nkrumah never dies” has proved true not in the sense of his immortality but in the fact that his name will continue to be written in letters of gold whenever the history of Ghana, Africa and the world is recounted.

It is an indisputable fact that Nkrumah was the critical spark that put Ghana on a high velocity path to independence.

Happy Founder’s Day Fellow Ghanaians.