The ruling New Patriotic Party has called on Ghanaians to emulate the selflessness of ‘The Big Six’ as the country marks the Founders Day celebration.
According to the party, Ghana is enjoying democracy today because of the bravery and selflessness of the founding fathers of the country including ‘The Big Six’ and other Ghanaians.
In a statement issued by its general secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong, the NPP urged Ghanaians to contribute their lot to help the country deal with the current economic challenges.
“The selfless advocacy of JE Casely Hayford, Dr. J. B. Danquah, Paa Grant, Emmanuel Obetsehi Lamptey, Edward Akufo-Addo, William Ofori Atta, Arko Adjei, Kwame Nkrumah, and several others, culminated in the attainment of independence on March 6, 1957.
“The Party … entreats all Ghanaians to emulate particularly, the selfless patriotism of members of the Big Six, who suffered imprisonment, persecution, and harassment in their quest for a free and independent country.
“If we can boldly call ourselves Ghanaians; if we can vote and choose for ourselves the leaders we want, then we should know that others sacrificed for the freedom we enjoy today. The onus, therefore, lies on us, to make sacrifices in making our country a better place for future generations and ourselves,” parts of the statement read.
The statement also acknowledged August 4 as the day for the formation of the Aborigines Rights Protection Society and the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC), whose pioneering activism against colonial rule laid the foundation for Ghana's independence.
Source: Ghanaweb.com
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Ghanaians should contribute their lot ? In what form? . Ghanaians have been contributing their lot since the colonial era. Unfortunately some greedy, inward looking, selfish, self centered and empty pride group of people have hijacked the country, squandering state resources made possible through the efforts of the people. Today due to their selfish nature they are even making attempts to sell forest reserves not satisfied with all the natural resources Ghana is endowed with, i.e. Gold, bauxite, manganese , cocoa, timber, vast arable lands, crude oil which have all become a curse rather than a blessing with majority of the people wallowing in abject poverty. It's a pity that a 65 year old country is still struggling g to find its feet. The amazing thing is that you still see presidents and their appointees talking about how far Singapore, Malaysia and Korea which became independent around same time as Ghana have leapfrogged into Giants. It's like our leaders don't know what they call SHAME.