By Godwill Arthur-Mensah
Accra, Aug.03, GNA – Nana Yaa Jantuah, a former General Secretary of the Convention People’s Party, has appealed to President John Dramani Mahama, to organise a befitting funeral for Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first President.
She alleged that Nkrumah’s mortal remains were brought to Ghana “scattered and shuttered”, therefore, it would be proper to organise a funeral in his memory to enable the soul of Nkrumah to rest properly.
Nana Yaa Jantuah made the appeal during the launch of the 2025 Nkrumah Festival at the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park in Accra over the weekend.
Dr Kwame Nkrumah died on April 27,1972, in Bucharest, Romania. He was first buried in Guinea, his adopted country after his overthrow as Ghana’s President in 1966.
His body was exhumed and brought to Ghana and was reburied in his hometown in Nkroful in 1992 and was later brought to Accra for reburial at the Kwame Museum, otherwise, known as Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park.
This year’s NkrumahFest, which will also commemorate Nkrumah’s 116th birthday is on the theme, “Celebrating Nkrumah’s Enduring Impact”.
The celebration will witness a pilgrimage of people from Accra to Nkroful, the birthplace of Dr Kwame Nkrumah, to learn the values and vision of Ghana’s first President and Founder of the nation.
Nana Jantuah urged all political parties that believe in Nkrumah’s political ideology to come together to “fight their political nemesis”.
She urged Ghanaians and Africans in general to unite towards combating “poverty, disease and corruption”.
Some of the activities lined-up for NkrumahFest include a clean-up exercise on September 15th and 16th, Osagyefo Football Cup, public symposium, candal night carnival, durbar of chiefs, visit to historic sites in Nkroful and adjoining communities, and cutting of anniversary cake on 21st September to mark Nkrumah’s 116th birthday to climax the celebration.
GNA
Kenneth Odeng Adade