{"id":1166788,"date":"2022-08-04T21:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T21:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/04\/founders-day-nkrumah-never-owned-a-house-senior-citizen\/"},"modified":"2022-08-04T21:00:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T21:00:42","slug":"founders-day-nkrumah-never-owned-a-house-senior-citizen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/04\/founders-day-nkrumah-never-owned-a-house-senior-citizen\/","title":{"rendered":"Founders&#8217; Day: Nkrumah never owned a house &#8211; Senior Citizen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\" style=\"line-height: 2; letter-spacing: -0.5px;font-size: 18px;\">\n<p>                        <!--p class=\"ky_saved_articles_link\"><span class=\"ky_saved_articles_hide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"ky_saved_articles_img\" alt=\"Founders' Day: Nkrumah never owned a house - Senior Citizen\" title=\"Founders' Day: Nkrumah never owned a house - Senior Citizen\"><\/span> Bookmark<\/p-->\n<p>A Senior Citizen, Ezekiel Kwesi Akyin Biney says that Kwame Nkrumah never owned a house even when he was the President of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Akyin Biney, whose father worked in Nkrumah\u2019s regime during the post-colonial era stated that Nkrumah never built a house during his tenure as Ghana\u2019s President and his son had to live with someone else as Ghana celebrates Founders\u2019 day.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"P77dDoj70KU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Founders&#039; Day: Nkrumah never owned a house - Senior Citizen, Ezekiel Kwesi Akyin Biney\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P77dDoj70KU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In an interview on <strong>Prime Morning<\/strong> show with KMJ Wednesday, he explained that the founders\/former leaders of the country had the people at heart and dedicated themselves to serve the people with respect and diligence as compared to the current leaders.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cCan you show me Kwame Nkrumah\u2019s building? No. He never had a building. His son, Sekou was sleeping next to somebody\u2019s house\u2026selfless heroes, they were not thinking about themselves. I think one of the leaders asked, \u2018Kwame how can you be writing books at the same time being a Prime Minister or President? He will never think about material things.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow there\u2019s no respect in Ghana. Somebody will just get up and insult an old man, an old lady just because of politics which doesn\u2019t augur well for our democracy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He also suggested that the country needs compassionate leaders who will have the people at heart and not think about themselves first, as God will deny anyone who loves material things the intellect to do good things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to have selfless leaders not because of money, but why you\u2019re there, think about the people. The moment you start thinking about material things, God will not give you the brains to do something better,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Akyin Biney also entreated the government to change the education system and teach students more of Ghana\u2019s history, as the schools\u2019 curricula do not include Ghana\u2019s independent transition as well as the founders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s pathetic because nowadays in our schools, they don\u2019t teach the kids about how we became independent, our leaders etc. You ask a kid, do you know Kwame Nkrumah? And he says who is Kwame Nkrumah? But go and mention somebody\u2019s name, a musician or something. This is where we are now. We should impart knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He has therefore demanded a review of the education system, \u201cI think we should revisit our education system, 18 subjects, etc. It doesn\u2019t make sense,\u201d he requested.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                <!-- Post Tags --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Senior Citizen, Ezekiel Kwesi Akyin Biney says that Kwame Nkrumah never owned a house even when he was the President of Ghana. 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