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General News on Thursday, November 29, 2018
Source: kasapafmonline.com
2018-11-29
Joseph Boakye Danquah
President Nana Akufo Addo said that the people of Ghana will never forget Joseph Boakye Danquah for his contributions and influence on the history of the country.
Speaking at a commissioning ceremony of the new JB Danquah Memorial Center in Kyebi, in the Eastern region, President Akufo Addo said that the memory of his maternal uncle, always deceased, will continue as long as the country lives in Ghana.
"It will not be an exaggeration to say that Danquah's memory will continue to live at least as long as Ghana lives," said the president.
The many parts of Danquah
According to President Akufo Addo, J. B. Danquah was an educator, freedom advocate, historian, journalist, jurist, philosopher, playwright, poet, scholar, statesman and theologian.
"It gave its name to our country, Ghana, after years of research on the history and tradition of the inhabitants of the Gold Coast. He first fought for the union of the geographical entity that we now call Ghana, then he fought for Ghana to be established as a 39. Independent and free state. Finally, he fought to defend the freedoms of the people of Ghana by insisting on a system of democratic governance, based on the rule of law, as the best form of government for an independent Ghana, "said the president.
Institutional Influence
President Akufo Addo remarked that "Although Danquah has never exercised the executive power of the state, its influence in Ghana's history has been absolutely astounding and is felt in virtually every area of our national life. : constitutional, cultural, economic, educational, intellectual, etc. moral, political and religious ". Several key institutions of the country, said President Akufo Addo, "owe their creation directly to his work; the Cocoa Marketing Board; the University of Ghana, Legon; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi; the Bank of Ghana; Ghana Commercial Bank, and the sports stadium of Accra, among others ".
The Memorial Center
The long-awaited President J.B. Danquah Memorial Center "will offer not only children but also adults a better overview of Dr. Danquah's achievements".
"This center, which includes a fully equipped computer center and a library, has not yet been stocked with books and scientific articles written by him and on him, will show that there is still much to learn about him," he said. President .
He urged the youth of Kyebi to enjoy the facilities and learn all about the illustrious son of Okyeman and Ghana and to follow his exemplary life and love for the homeland.
China / Huawei contribution
President Akufo Addo expressed his thanks to the Chinese government for its continued solidarity with his government and the whole country for its support to the construction of the Center, as well as to the Chinese company Huawei for the financing of the # 39; exceptional installation in memory and in the honor of Joseph Boakye. Danquah.
Nana Kwame Joseph Kyeretwie Boakye Danquah (December 1895 – February 4, 1965), the man nicknamed the "Dean of Gold Coast Politics", was a freedom fighter from Ghana, Pan-Africanist, statesman, prolific scholar, historian, poet, journalist and member of the famous "Big Six" of Ghana, architects of the independence of Ghana. "The Big Six" were Dr. Danquah, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Dr. Edward Akuffo Addo, Dr. Emmanuel Odarkwei Obetsebi-Lamptey, Dr. William Ofori Atta and Dr. Ako Adjei.
Dr. Danquah was a protégé of the famous and iconic godfather of West African nationalism and pan-Africanist pioneer Joseph Ephraim Casely-Hayford. In his own words: "It was at the feet of the eminent nationalist Ekra Agyeman, aka Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford, that I was raised, like St Paul under Gamaliel, and it is thanks to Ekra Agyeman that I learned selfless politics. like self-sacrifice totally for one's own country. I sat under his feet from 1915 to his own death in 1930. "JB, fondly nicknamed by his supporters and contemporaries, played an important role in Ghana before and after colonization as founder of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC), the independence party and first political party in Ghana.
Mr. Danquah was the first continental African to receive a doctorate in law from the University of London and also became the first president of the West Africa Student Union, the leading African organization committed to the fight against terrorism. against imperialism in Africa. Danquah became a member of the Legislative Council in 1946 and actively pursued legislation on his country's independence. The Watson Inquiry Commission on the 1948 riots in Accra described Dr. J. B. Danquah as the "doyen of the politicians of the Gold Coast; the man at the back of almost every political movement ".
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