STATEMENT BY HON. MINISTER AT THE CENTENARY CELEBRATION OF THE LATE OSAGYEFO DR. KWAME NKRUMAH
I am very honoured at the opportunity to speak at this very important event to mark the 100th birthday of the Founder and First President of our dear Nation, Ghana. I would like with your indulgence to start my speech by asking these simple questions which I respectfully ask that we answer individually. Is Ghana’s history complete without Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah? Did women play a part in Ghana’s independence struggle and can Ghana’s development be complete without the effective participation of women?
Excellencies, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, it is on behalf of the hardworking and committed women of Ghana that I stand before you to make this short speech. We are celebrating Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah today, because of his monumental achievements, including spearheading Ghana’s independence on March 6th, 1957.
Excellencies, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, most of you will recall that, Ghana’s independence was fought and won with the active participation of men and women, the youth, Chiefs, Queen mothers and even children because of the involvement of some of us as Young Pioneers. In recognition of the great contribution of women in the independence struggle Dr Nkrumah created non-elected seats for them in Parliament.