Partisan politics can’t erode patriotism and the truth - Ghana Historical Facts. They say, if you found yourself in a hole, don’t dig further, it’s my humble advice to Mr. Paul Adom-Otchere. Mr. Adom-Otchere waded into recent debate about Ghana Founder’s Day or Founder’s Day, in which he shot his foot by saying that the first President of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, never contest or was elected as a President of Ghana. When two ace journalists, Messrs. Kwesi Platt and Malik Kwaku Baako, schooled him about Ghana’s electoral history, he went missing and surfaced up with another theory. Having the media to his side, Mr. Adom-Otchere ridiculed himself further to castigate that Dr Kwame Nkrumah rather became president through plebiscite. Plebiscite (Oxford dictionary) means: “the direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an important public question such as a change in the constitution”. The Britannica explains further that plebiscite election is “a vote by the people of an entire country or district to decide on some issue, such as choice of a ruler or government, option for independence or annexation by another power, or a question of national policy”. Mr. Adom-Otchere assertion that Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was handpicked to be the president is an evil mastermind creation diabolically planned to erase the history of Ghana on this earth. From 1951 when made leader of Government Affairs till 6 March 1957 when Ghana had her independence, there were three elections conducted; on 8 February 1951, 15 June 1954, and 17 July 1956 and Dr. Kwame Nkrumah led CPP to victory in all elections. He also won a parliamentarian seat at Accra-New Town. One should note that the election contacted in 1960 could not be the same as the 3rd Republic election in 1979 when Dr Hilla Limann became president, or the 4th Republic election in 1992 when Flt. Lt (Rtd) J.J. Rawlings became president. The 1960 election was a plebiscite and presidential election where 2,098,651 Ghanaians voted on 2 issues: 1. The plebiscite was on 7 March 1960: Ballot Question: “Do you accept the draft republican Constitution for Ghana as set out in the White Paper issued by the Government?”; 2. Presidential Election was 27 April 1960: Ballot Question: “Do you accept Kwame Nkrumah or Joseph Boakye Danquah as the first President under the new Constitution?” Dr. J.B. Danquah was the presidential candidate of United Party and Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was the candidate of CPP (see below). Is Mr Paul Adom-Otchere confused or just playing partisan politics with Ghana’s political history? Mr. Adom-Otchere is with the view that no election was conducted in more than one day and since 1960 election was conducted in several days, it is not an election. That is a bit unfortunate for a so-called ace journalist. If you're not critical about your history, that can be a problem because there are young generation, aspiring politicians and all kinds of people who form their opinion based on ill-informed propaganda messages and theories peddled around in academic discourse. I believe any good broadcast, not just Kumawood movies, should have accurate texture to it. It should have information, should have good history, should have something that's offbeat, credible, truthful, integrity and not corrupted or coerced to praise some disgruntled people who would have had it otherwise. Mr. Adom-Otchere before coming out from his doldrum should have researched about first presidential election in major countries. The United States presidential election of 1788-89 was the first quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Monday, 15 December 1788 to Saturday, 10 January 1789. It was conducted under the new United States Constitution, which had been ratified earlier in 1788. In the election, George Washington was unanimously elected for the first of his two terms as president (see Wikipedia). Can one say George Washington wasn’t elected as a president because US used 27 days to finish their first election and the president was also elected by the Electoral College, an indirect election? Indeed both Dr. J.B. Danquah and Dr Kwame Nkrumah contest the election as presidential candidates but unfortunately Dr. J.B. Danquah was not born to be a president. And that was not his first time of being disgruntled. From a CIA declassified information, “in Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke’s opinion the granting of the title of Prime Minister to Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was a logical move. Since he had in effect been fulfilling the duties of such a post during the life of the present constitution, there was no substantial reason for denying him the title. In addition, Nkrumah had been agreeable to work with the constitution and endeavor to make it a success, although large numbers of the Convention Peoples Party membership had insisted that it was unsatisfactory, “bogus”, etc. The title was thus in a sense a well-earned reward for Nkrumah’s faithful services. Moreover, since Nkrumah was obliged to make promises from time to time to his followers relative to the continued advance toward self-government, the constitutional change would lend color to his assertions along those lines, thereby strengthening his position with his Party. The Opposition: In the Governor’s view an opposition party could only gain a following by insisting on more self-government that [than] the CPP could obtain. The Governor did not consider the opposition group of Dr. J. B. Danquah as having any substance. The United Gold Coast Convention possesses no following at present, and he doubted that Danquah would ever gain the support of an appreciable number of adherents. He does not have a high opinion of Danquah, whom he regards as extremely self-seeking and unscrupulous.” The greatness of a historical personality should not be measured by his achievements in an environment of peace, order and abundances; it should be measured against the grave difficulties in which the achievements were made. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s unparalleled socio-economic, educational, industrial, scientific, technological, agricultural and cultural accomplishments in the post-colonial Ghana, as well as his unmatched contribution towards the African liberation struggle, was carried out in the environment of systematic internal and external destabilizing campaigns, terrorism, death threats on his life, external economic sabotage and the absence of decolonized African thinkers and brainpower. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was never a god; he was an astute politician, an indefatigable leader, an able statesman; above all, he was human, he was a man with a dream, a man with vision for Africa - a great man. Dr. J.B. Danquah had nothing to boast of to be emulated in academic discourse of Ghana independence. Dr. J. B. Danquah was born into an elite society but his way of thinking was far favourable to be the frontrunner of Ghana independence. It needs to be pointed out that Dr. J.B. Danquah was a member of the then privileged Provincial Members of the Colonial Legislative Council in 1946, made up of two intellectuals and wealthy “Chiefs”. US States Department and CIA declassified documents clearly indicated that the 5 of the BIG SIX who founded UGCC were weak and had no vision to spearhead Ghana’s independence that is why they invited Dr. Kwame Nkrumah from London. Dr. J. B. Danquah in his political career won only one election in 1951 on the ticket of UGCC. In 1954 and 1956, despite his brother being the Omanhene of Akyem Abuakwa, Dr. J.B. Danquah lost to Mr. Aaron Ofori Atta of the CPP. Frustrated and disgruntled after losing all elections, Dr J.B. Danquah allowed himself to be use by the United States to undermine Dr. Kwame Nkrumah government. When Dr. J.B. Danquah returned from jail he went to then US Ambassador Mahoney to ask why CIA has stopped paying stipend to his wife when he was imprison. Is United States a Father Christmas given money to imprisoned people? The question of Dr. J. B. Danquah being a CIA agent cannot be hearsay because was outlined in a book entitled JFK: Ordeal in Africa, written by Prof Richard D. Mahoney, the son of then US Ambassador to Ghana and can also be read from Dr Botwe-Asamoah’s book Politico-Cultural thought and policies: An African-Centered Paradigm for the second phase of African Revolution. According to Dr. Botwe-Asamoah, the Preventive Detention Act in 1958 passed by the Parliament, and affirmed by the British Governor-General, to combat terrorism in the newly independence Ghana was a natural measure to maintain law and order, and for the consolidation of the authority of the CPP government. Alternative to this law would have been a civil war, since the NLM was bent on secessionism. I believe majority of Ghanaians believe in pragmatic approach to history, compared to Mr. Paul Adom-Otchere dogmatic insinuation. Wrong does not cease to be wrong because one has the avenue to defend what is indefensible. Written by Lewis Kwame Addo
Splendid analysis, Lewis. Paul could learn a thing or two from your methodical and cogent analysis, but I doubt his innate arrogance would permit him to do so. If at your convenience you're up to sharing and/or discussing Ghanaian and African politico-economic progressive ideas, please feel free to touch base. God Bless.
Instead of talking about his achievements, you are there talking about this irrelevant topic. Whether it was a presidential election or not, Nkrumah will remain the greatest president your country has ever had.
If it wasn't an election why didn't your fathers Danquah, Busia and others protest? Adom Otchere you and your party are so envious of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah being the first president of our beloved nation Ghana. From the beginning to the end President Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah is the ONLY visible figure and stands tall among them all.
Nkrumah's book, Dark Days in Ghana will give us a true look into how Nkrumah came to lead the Ghana republic, and why a single political party government is necessary for full develpoment of Ghana, and the African continent.
It didn't work in his time and it won't work at any time...We have reps from different parties in parliament and there's still corruption and you think a single-party system would be better. That would breed another Preventive Detention Act.
@@gideonob It was a coup d'etat that sabotaged the one party state in Ghana, not itself. Study the facts and stop believing the false propaganda. People like you think you're going to spread a form of capitalism in Africa. But it's impossible when the continent is the supplier of raw materials to the western nations by domination of foreign capital as monopolies with current African nations maintaining the old colonial barriers to full economic integration. In the current set up under imperialist domination of Africa's wealth, no African can capture enough of it to build anything like the west since they've been siphoning Africa's resources since 1885. Today, they steal some 700-900 billion a year in raw material resources out of Africa. So, stop lying, your puppets and boot lickers of Africa's true enemies have wrecked opportunities for the African. The one-party state-built modern economies that belonged exclusively to the African, and designed development plans to free the entire continent from foreign exploitation. Traitorous reactionaries in Ghana along with CIA operatives destroyed it precisely because of its success in the 15 years the CPP was in power. So, study the facts and you'll know. It's ignorance like yours that confuse those who have not studied the facts of it at all. In a liberated and unified African continent under an independent national government it wouldn't be with those clowns in charge that are there now. It will take revolutionaries to finish what President Nkrumah and others in the CPP were doing before the coons struck on Feb 24, 1966. Those corrupt people you mentioned are the puppets and bootlickers I've described. We don't want them either.
@@NkrumahTure Why do you Nkrumah enthusiasts always want to assume the stance that things only started going south after the coup d'états? Study Ghanaian history well and you'll realize that the country was already heading toward bankrupcy by 1966 due to Nkrumah's excessive spending in other countries, as well as internal corruption by some of his executives. Why do you think the country's general populace burst unto the streets in celebration when he was overthrown? The man was an industrialist alright but that doesn't mean everyone should have been bowing down to him, as enlightened as you depict yourself to be in your long essay you dare to wholly defend a man who arrested everyone who contradicted him??? And you think that's what we need now?!?!?!? Imagine Akuffo Addo arresting everyone who spoke against him now. No system can change Africa!! Only a change in the minds of the people and leaders can change us, who said a one-party system would be impenetrable by White manipulation if we still have self-centred people in leadership?!?! We just need people who love the country more than their self-centered aspirations (remember that all the shows of power and massive investments in other countries that your man engaged in were aimed at him becoming president of Africa - apparently he was the only person who didn't realise that it was never going to be possible to unite all of Africa at once - the US started with only 13 states, your man being so megalomaniac and over-ambitious didn't even think of trying to unite West Africa first). Every system has its own flaws and advantages, that CPP era was not all-glorious as you would want people to blindly believe, there's no light in a land where people can't speak freely.
@@gideonob Yeah, you're as dumb as I thought you were. "Nkrumah enthusiasts." You can't even respect the fact that what I just taught you actually happened. Your answer is dependent on false allegations and propaganda straight out of the U.S. playbook. You're too incompetent to understand the pattern of development Africa is supposed to follow and why the CPP was successful with every sector and was an example other African nations climbing out of colonialism intended to follow. After reading the regurgitated garbage you wrote that is what the neo-colonialists wanted. If that were the case Nkrumah's government would have been a puppet stooge state. That was never going to happen. The reality of what was built from 1951 to 1966 was crystal clear, and there is recorded documentation about all of it as well. Lies about it (as you've said it) just won't cut it. ' Dismissed!
@@NkrumahTure Of course, just another average Ghanaian who can't have a conversation without hailing insults on anyone with contradictory opinions, right out of the Nkrumah playbook - It's no surprise you name yourself after him. Preventive Detention Act to arrest everyone who had a contradictory opinion to his, and a Preventive Insult Act to "dismiss" everyone whose opinion is contrary to yours, you're indeed of your father Nkrumah
This Paul Adom Otchere guy is very confused. He is clearly making efforts to distort Ghana´s history. Can't you see his propaganda for the Busia-Danquah tradition? We the Nkrumahists will not sit and watch this happen.
The more historical events that are highlighted the better for Ghana. I would like my own opinion on what is distorted. It is not just the Busia-Danquah narrative versus the Nkrumahists narrative on what the history is of this country. It's not a battle between who is right. The battle is for as much information as possible and contribute to the understanding that it takes all of us to make Ghana the best country she can be.
This is the most foolish thing ever! They have tried every possible way to denigrate the greatest of all time Ghanaian! But I know posterity will be the judge over this. Nkrumah loved and died for his Ghana. Non of the so called stupid leaders can ever come close to what Nkrumah did for Ghana.
I don’t know what this is trying to achieve? Whether it was elections or plebicite, the candidates campaigned and voters made their choice, majority went with Nkrumah!
If Nkrumah had not been overthrown by stooges of colonialism,by now Africa would have been united and prospering;then you would have had people like this man fighting over who is the Father/founder of the UNITED STATES OF AFRICA! How far has Africa gone without him,sir? Well, Mr ,here is a simple example:Our great King Nana Ashantehene ,OTUMFUO OSEI TUTU 1,is credited as the Founder of our great Ashanti nation/Kingdom;certainly he did that with others,and as a matter of fact,there were some great Kings who fought day and night before him towards the establishment of our great Ashanti Nation/Kingdom,but because of his unparalleled role in the establishment of our great kingdom,he is honoured/celebrated as the FOUNDER OF OUR ASHANTI KINGDOM within our rich Ashanti Tradition and culture,just as KWAME NKRUMAH IS THE FOUNDER OF GHANA! This is basic logic that can't escape you,Mr !
EGYAEKYI EGYAKYI I couldn't have said it better myself, brother. What they're attempting to do is thwart the continental unification of Africa. When that happens, African will not only control their wealth, but the white neo-colonialists are completely out as the beneficiaries of African wealth. They don't want us with any power because they know it will exceed theirs. The fact is the opposition were all ready puppet stooges to be used by the imperialist powers already inside of Africa. Nkrumah was leading the African continent toward full independence, Dr. Danquah would've never done that then, nor when he finally.did get his chance at being a stooge years later. Africans need to be completely free from white supemacy, and imperialist manipulation, for that only a revolutionary and a revolutionary political party is qualified to do that, and Nkrumah and the CPP were the ones to do it. Plebiscite or no, he was uniquely qualified to lead Ghana and Africa to power. White men and African traitors did not not want that, and thwarted the revolutionary effort to restore our people to true power on the earth, ending the white man's control of Africans and Africa. It's not over yet.
The term 'plebiscite' has a generally similar meaning to referendum in modern usage and comes from the Latin plebiscita, which originally meant a decree of the Concilium Plebis (Plebeian Council), the popular assembly of the Roman Republic. Today, a referendum can also often be referred to as a plebiscite, but in some countries the two terms are used differently to refer to votes with differing types of legal consequences.[8] In Australia, a 'referendum' is often said to be a vote to change the federal constitution and 'plebiscite' a vote which does not affect the federal constitution.[8] However, this is erroneous as not all federal referendums have been on constitutional matters (such as the 1916 Australian conscription referendum), and state votes that likewise do not affect either the federal or state constitution are frequently said to be referendums (such as the 2009 Western Australian daylight saving referendum). Historically, they are used by Australians interchangeably and a plebiscite was considered another name for a referendum.[9][10][11] In Ireland, 'plebiscite' referred to the vote to adopt its constitution, but a subsequent vote to amend the constitution is called a 'referendum', as is a poll of the electorate on a non-constitutional bill.
People vote on different dates and days in American presidential elections,does this makes it a plebiscite and not elections?Paul,you're just calling a chamber pot(kruaba)by different names.It still remains a kruaba!
Paul A O was an intelligent journalist until he compromise his integrity for political gain. And I think all journalists should learn from that is about the people not a political parties they will come and go.
Great work Mr. Adom-Otchere. I'm just curious what the entire import of the presentation intends to convey. If a constitution provides for a channel as a way of electing (or choosing as would be appropriate in this context) and that channel is used, how does it generate a debate? Key questions we need to address 1. Is the question "Did Nkrumah win a presidential election" relevant? 2. Did Nkrumah become president and did he do some through a legally acceptable channel 3. Would the outcome have been different if it had been an election instead of a plebiscite (in your opinion)? 4. Was there a request for an election instead of the plebiscite? and What was the outcome of that debate? I believe history is an amalgam of facts and events that are interpreted to mean one thing or the other. It is a collective's accepted tale. There is the power to change or distort history and it should be done for a greater good. I don't get the sense that our current debate is driving in that direction. I believe we can have more fruitful debates around our history and I'm learning a lot from your research and publications I just don't feel that this particular argument gets us anywhere. It's been insightful watching though, please keep up the great work. My two cents.
Did any form of election even took place during the colonial era? Rights of citizens. Citizens were tired in connection to the colonial administration that led Francis Nwia Ngonlomo to his victory, the far more educated one's were left out. Which is understandable at that period of time .Paul showing light to that facts. Paul great job part of National healing. and education. Now it's NIC no foolishness. With prophets predictions and other corrupted. Well done Paul 💯👍👌👌👌💯
What’s your point. If an election was conducted at time, believe me Nkrumah would have won. Presidency is leadership and what Nkrumah exhibited was unmatched leadership coupled with patriotism.
In which dictionary would you see the definition: A Plebiscite is voting carried over several days and Election is voting carried over one day? Both of them can be used for electing a President - plebiscite is an election and election is a plebiscite. If you do not understand, adom otchere, go ask you political science lecturer!!!
This argument is extraneous. A plebiscite (pronounced plebysite not sit) can also be described as an election. Different countries apply different meanings and assignments to the interpretation of plebiscite. Furthermore what is the actual point of his clarification.
@@jamalamaney7293 Yes you are right but it is not the majority accepted way. Just because something sounds phonetically doesn't make it right. Too many African journalists (radio/TV) make common mispronunciations like "Ta len Ted"as oppose to "talen Ted". Once the error seeps into the system it then becomes accepted. There biggest culprits are the Americans
I don't understand the rationale or the motive of the debate. I am not from Ghana just stumbled while wanting to listen to Nkruma's speeches. I find his arguments rudiculous & of no use..
all i know is truthful people are not love by the people. from Noah Abraham Josef David Moses Jesus to Mohammed. Kwame Nkrumah was free from tribalism a Nationalist who dont know tribes.even after so many years they still want to undermind the great Osagifu fighting with his grave.so this Kind of people the enemy of progress didn't start today.they went to England to tell the Briton not to Grant Ghana the independents and they failed they shamelessly call themselves the big six.
....and so what? What exactly is the point of this presentation? Whether by election, selections, or appointment. President Kwame Nkrumah is the first president of Ghana.
Presidential elections were held for the first time in Ghana on 27 April 1960. The elections were held alongside a referendum on creating an executive presidency. The winner of the election would become the country's first President if the new republican constitution was passed (which it did). Candidates[edit] There were only two candidates in the election: Kwame Nkrumah, incumbent Prime Minister and leader of the Convention People's Party J. B. Danquah, United Party leader and one of the Big Six Results[edit] Candidate Party Votes % Kwame Nkrumah Convention People's Party 1,016,076 (89.07%) J. B. Danquah United Party 124,623 (10.93%) Total 1,140,699 100 Registered voters/turnout 2,098,651 Source: African Elections database Please recheck your facts
Facts, brother. It's a shame there's so many that don't know shit about the facts. They like operating off propaganda designed to make them look real stupid. People have got to read.
The debate Paul and Pratt were having kinda gives some context into the presidential election statements. It got heated but I liked it. soundcloud.com/citi97-3/adom-otchere-clashes-with-pratt-over-ghanas-founding-history
Great attempt Uncle Paul. However, Plebiscite or Presidential Election, people still went to the poll in April 1960 to cast their ballots to determine who became President. I really think you should double check your definition of a Plebiscite. I mean, how can u say a Plebiscite is used to, and i quote you "determine matters that are not particularly very very very serious to the lives of the people". Google defines a Plebiscite as "the direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an IMPORTANT PUBLIC QUESTION such as a change in the constitution". In my opinion, i believe "who do you want to be president?" falls under an IMPORTANT PUBLIC QUESTION. Please come again.
Plebiscite is synonymous to election therefore it is an election. However Paul should qualify his position by saying Nkrumah never won a nationwide election.
Neither Nkrumah nor Danquah, not neither or. Polling not pooling. Much as I agree with Paul, methinks he should have researched the pronunciation of plebiscite before his presentation
Thanks for the tongue-in-cheek humor, Tunde ... Too bad this Nkrumah-hater will likely not get it. By the way, you see by your own observation of his rather poor English presentation, how low the educational system in Ghana has sunk ever since the removal of Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah. Peace.
See what u doing to ur self ,ur guilty conscious can’t let u have peace of mind.those who sent u didn’t succeed.resign from the government appointment then we can talk Paul
No, Frederick, he is worse than being trivial ... It's a deliberate attempt by the descendants and supporters of the same faction that mindlessly and self-servingly did all they could to thwart the efforts of the Osagyefo to obtain political independence for Ghana and Africa. Their forebears (read Dr. Busia) went to the extent of sending a delegation to the UK to actually beg their "masters" not to give the Gold Coast its political independence because it was "not fit yet to rule itself". It was this that prompted Nkrumah's retort that the then-Gold Coast hat the right to manage or mismanage it's own affairs, and needed no help to that effect from a colonial power which, in any case, was merely amply helping itself with the wealth of the colony. When these traitors failed, the resorted to assassination attempts, especially after independence. Their diabolical ways have not changed, culminating in the early insurgency of Col. Afrifa and his cohorts in the illicit coup d'etat of 2/24/1966, as well as the emergence of more recent self-serving "leaders" like Busia, Kuffour, and, now, Akufo-Addo. So, this just a synopsis. They will not stop unless and until a second Nkrumah appears.on the scene.
Adom Otchere, ghanaians are not interested in whether Nkrumah won an election or not. You're entering a field that is best reserved for the academia. What you're talking about is it beneficial to your audience? We know you. You told a lie about you and Nii Arday Clegg. If Nii Arday had not stood his grounds and confronted you, you would have gone ahead to tell other lies. Continue in your self glorification.
i dont see what it eating Paul's head. That was the system available to elect the president so weather it is by raising your hands or voting for a month. that was the method and the logistics available. Could we collate all votes same day by 1957? The second book you read said presidential election. So why neglect the phrase but use the process to explain your plebiscite.
Paul, such a ferrocious attempt to proof or disproof events in relation to Danquah/ Nkrumah, all in the past. If I may ask what is the relavance to the future?. How much are you earning from such an insidious adventure. I wish you would allocate your creative human resources in looking ahead into the future,developing models to aid in activating positive mindset in your audience for innovative capacity endowment for our competitiveness. Help us to look ahead than dwelling and fasten us to these past
i feel sorry for this guy. He seems to be honest until recently. Politics fucks up peoples mind especially in Ghana. Ghanaians are masters of pull him down. The fact is that Nkrumah is beyond Ghana. The more they try to bring him down the bigger he becomes.18.05 minutes of crap
Paul, a plebiscite is a vote. What was the reason for the plebiscite? It was to elect a president. And Nkrumah won. What's your case? You are becoming so irrelevant
This debate or exposition serves no useful purpose. You have just wasted 18 minutes of my life. Don't display your erudition by raising irrelevant of inconsequential issues! I suggest you look up the true meaning of plebiscite.
Neither Nkrumah nor Danquah, not neither or. Polling not pooling. Much as I agree with Paul, methinks he should have researched the pronunciation of plebiscite before his presentation
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Election is all about VOTING so my brother Paul Adom-Otchere congrats for your view. However , since there was VOTING between Dr Nkrumah and Dr Danqauh , hence NKRUMAH participated in an ELECTION in Ghana and he won it. So whether is a referendum, plebiscite, parliamentary, presidential and the rest , now since VOTING is part of the process is an Election.
What imbecilic nonsense! Not worthy of serious contemplation except, perhaps, by the likes of an earlier Independence era faction of Ghanaians rabidly anti-Nkrumah and anti-anything that Nkrumsh stood for, thus aptly deridedly referred to as "Ma'ate me ho" people -- roughly translated as secessionists. It is from that general ethnic group and school of thought (if one could call it such) that people like Afrifa, Busia, Danquah, Ofori-Attah, Kuffour, and Akufo-Addo derive. A word to the wise ...
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Partisan politics can’t erode patriotism and the truth - Ghana Historical Facts.
They say, if you found yourself in a hole, don’t dig further, it’s my humble advice to Mr. Paul Adom-Otchere. Mr. Adom-Otchere waded into recent debate about Ghana Founder’s Day or Founder’s Day, in which he shot his foot by saying that the first President of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, never contest or was elected as a President of Ghana. When two ace journalists, Messrs. Kwesi Platt and Malik Kwaku Baako, schooled him about Ghana’s electoral history, he went missing and surfaced up with another theory. Having the media to his side, Mr. Adom-Otchere ridiculed himself further to castigate that Dr Kwame Nkrumah rather became president through plebiscite. Plebiscite (Oxford dictionary) means: “the direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an important public question such as a change in the constitution”. The Britannica explains further that plebiscite election is “a vote by the people of an entire country or district to decide on some issue, such as choice of a ruler or government, option for independence or annexation by another power, or a question of national policy”.
Mr. Adom-Otchere assertion that Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was handpicked to be the president is an evil mastermind creation diabolically planned to erase the history of Ghana on this earth. From 1951 when made leader of Government Affairs till 6 March 1957 when Ghana had her independence, there were three elections conducted; on 8 February 1951, 15 June 1954, and 17 July 1956 and Dr. Kwame Nkrumah led CPP to victory in all elections. He also won a parliamentarian seat at Accra-New Town. One should note that the election contacted in 1960 could not be the same as the 3rd Republic election in 1979 when Dr Hilla Limann became president, or the 4th Republic election in 1992 when Flt. Lt (Rtd) J.J. Rawlings became president.
The 1960 election was a plebiscite and presidential election where 2,098,651 Ghanaians voted on 2 issues:
1. The plebiscite was on 7 March 1960: Ballot Question: “Do you accept the draft republican Constitution for Ghana as set out in the White Paper issued by the Government?”;
2. Presidential Election was 27 April 1960: Ballot Question: “Do you accept Kwame Nkrumah or Joseph Boakye Danquah as the first President under the new Constitution?”
Dr. J.B. Danquah was the presidential candidate of United Party and Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was the candidate of CPP (see below). Is Mr Paul Adom-Otchere confused or just playing partisan politics with Ghana’s political history?
Mr. Adom-Otchere is with the view that no election was conducted in more than one day and since 1960 election was conducted in several days, it is not an election. That is a bit unfortunate for a so-called ace journalist. If you're not critical about your history, that can be a problem because there are young generation, aspiring politicians and all kinds of people who form their opinion based on ill-informed propaganda messages and theories peddled around in academic discourse. I believe any good broadcast, not just Kumawood movies, should have accurate texture to it. It should have information, should have good history, should have something that's offbeat, credible, truthful, integrity and not corrupted or coerced to praise some disgruntled people who would have had it otherwise.
Mr. Adom-Otchere before coming out from his doldrum should have researched about first presidential election in major countries. The United States presidential election of 1788-89 was the first quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Monday, 15 December 1788 to Saturday, 10 January 1789. It was conducted under the new United States Constitution, which had been ratified earlier in 1788. In the election, George Washington was unanimously elected for the first of his two terms as president (see Wikipedia). Can one say George Washington wasn’t elected as a president because US used 27 days to finish their first election and the president was also elected by the Electoral College, an indirect election?
Indeed both Dr. J.B. Danquah and Dr Kwame Nkrumah contest the election as presidential candidates but unfortunately Dr. J.B. Danquah was not born to be a president. And that was not his first time of being disgruntled. From a CIA declassified information, “in Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke’s opinion the granting of the title of Prime Minister to Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was a logical move. Since he had in effect been fulfilling the duties of such a post during the life of the present constitution, there was no substantial reason for denying him the title. In addition, Nkrumah had been agreeable to work with the constitution and endeavor to make it a success, although large numbers of the Convention Peoples Party membership had insisted that it was unsatisfactory, “bogus”, etc. The title was thus in a sense a well-earned reward for Nkrumah’s faithful services. Moreover, since Nkrumah was obliged to make promises from time to time to his followers relative to the continued advance toward self-government, the constitutional change would lend color to his assertions along those lines, thereby strengthening his position with his Party.
The Opposition: In the Governor’s view an opposition party could only gain a following by insisting on more self-government that [than] the CPP could obtain. The Governor did not consider the opposition group of Dr. J. B. Danquah as having any substance. The United Gold Coast Convention possesses no following at present, and he doubted that Danquah would ever gain the support of an appreciable number of adherents. He does not have a high opinion of Danquah, whom he regards as extremely self-seeking and unscrupulous.”
The greatness of a historical personality should not be measured by his achievements in an environment of peace, order and abundances; it should be measured against the grave difficulties in which the achievements were made. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s unparalleled socio-economic, educational, industrial, scientific, technological, agricultural and cultural accomplishments in the post-colonial Ghana, as well as his unmatched contribution towards the African liberation struggle, was carried out in the environment of systematic internal and external destabilizing campaigns, terrorism, death threats on his life, external economic sabotage and the absence of decolonized African thinkers and brainpower. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was never a god; he was an astute politician, an indefatigable leader, an able statesman; above all, he was human, he was a man with a dream, a man with vision for Africa - a great man.
Dr. J.B. Danquah had nothing to boast of to be emulated in academic discourse of Ghana independence. Dr. J. B. Danquah was born into an elite society but his way of thinking was far favourable to be the frontrunner of Ghana independence. It needs to be pointed out that Dr. J.B. Danquah was a member of the then privileged Provincial Members of the Colonial Legislative Council in 1946, made up of two intellectuals and wealthy “Chiefs”. US States Department and CIA declassified documents clearly indicated that the 5 of the BIG SIX who founded UGCC were weak and had no vision to spearhead Ghana’s independence that is why they invited Dr. Kwame Nkrumah from London. Dr. J. B. Danquah in his political career won only one election in 1951 on the ticket of UGCC. In 1954 and 1956, despite his brother being the Omanhene of Akyem Abuakwa, Dr. J.B. Danquah lost to Mr. Aaron Ofori Atta of the CPP. Frustrated and disgruntled after losing all elections, Dr J.B. Danquah allowed himself to be use by the United States to undermine Dr. Kwame Nkrumah government. When Dr. J.B. Danquah returned from jail he went to then US Ambassador Mahoney to ask why CIA has stopped paying stipend to his wife when he was imprison. Is United States a Father Christmas given money to imprisoned people? The question of Dr. J. B. Danquah being a CIA agent cannot be hearsay because was outlined in a book entitled JFK: Ordeal in Africa, written by Prof Richard D. Mahoney, the son of then US Ambassador to Ghana and can also be read from Dr Botwe-Asamoah’s book Politico-Cultural thought and policies: An African-Centered Paradigm for the second phase of African Revolution. According to Dr. Botwe-Asamoah, the Preventive Detention Act in 1958 passed by the Parliament, and affirmed by the British Governor-General, to combat terrorism in the newly independence Ghana was a natural measure to maintain law and order, and for the consolidation of the authority of the CPP government. Alternative to this law would have been a civil war, since the NLM was bent on secessionism.
I believe majority of Ghanaians believe in pragmatic approach to history, compared to Mr. Paul Adom-Otchere dogmatic insinuation. Wrong does not cease to be wrong because one has the avenue to defend what is indefensible.
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lewis akrasi Wow. I couldn't have said it better myself. Excellent analysis.
Splendid analysis, Lewis. Paul could learn a thing or two from your methodical and cogent analysis, but I doubt his innate arrogance would permit him to do so. If at your convenience you're up to sharing and/or discussing Ghanaian and African politico-economic progressive ideas, please feel free to touch base. God Bless.
Thank God we have people like u to xplain more about Ghana history.Paul think him n his master no Ghana history than anyone
Instead of talking about his achievements, you are there talking about this irrelevant topic. Whether it was a presidential election or not, Nkrumah will remain the greatest president your country has ever had.
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Whatever you do Nkrumah never dies
If it wasn't an election why didn't your fathers Danquah, Busia and others protest? Adom Otchere you and your party are so envious of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah being the first president of our beloved nation Ghana. From the beginning to the end President Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah is the ONLY visible figure and stands tall among them all.
I don't think the video is to discredit Nkrumah. Please be tolerant.
Nkrumah's book, Dark Days in Ghana will give us a true look into how Nkrumah came to lead the Ghana republic, and why a single political party government is necessary for full develpoment of Ghana, and the African continent.
It didn't work in his time and it won't work at any time...We have reps from different parties in parliament and there's still corruption and you think a single-party system would be better. That would breed another Preventive Detention Act.
@@gideonob It was a coup d'etat that sabotaged the one party state in Ghana, not itself. Study the facts and stop believing the false propaganda. People like you think you're going to spread a form of capitalism in Africa. But it's impossible when the continent is the supplier of raw materials to the western nations by domination of foreign capital as monopolies with current African nations maintaining the old colonial barriers to full economic integration. In the current set up under imperialist domination of Africa's wealth, no African can capture enough of it to build anything like the west since they've been siphoning Africa's resources since 1885. Today, they steal some 700-900 billion a year in raw material resources out of Africa. So, stop lying, your puppets and boot lickers of Africa's true enemies have wrecked opportunities for the African. The one-party state-built modern economies that belonged exclusively to the African, and designed development plans to free the entire continent from foreign exploitation. Traitorous reactionaries in Ghana along with CIA operatives destroyed it precisely because of its success in the 15 years the CPP was in power. So, study the facts and you'll know. It's ignorance like yours that confuse those who have not studied the facts of it at all.
In a liberated and unified African continent under an independent national government it wouldn't be with those clowns in charge that are there now. It will take revolutionaries to finish what President Nkrumah and others in the CPP were doing before the coons struck on Feb 24, 1966. Those corrupt people you mentioned are the puppets and bootlickers I've described. We don't want them either.
@@NkrumahTure Why do you Nkrumah enthusiasts always want to assume the stance that things only started going south after the coup d'états? Study Ghanaian history well and you'll realize that the country was already heading toward bankrupcy by 1966 due to Nkrumah's excessive spending in other countries, as well as internal corruption by some of his executives. Why do you think the country's general populace burst unto the streets in celebration when he was overthrown? The man was an industrialist alright but that doesn't mean everyone should have been bowing down to him, as enlightened as you depict yourself to be in your long essay you dare to wholly defend a man who arrested everyone who contradicted him??? And you think that's what we need now?!?!?!? Imagine Akuffo Addo arresting everyone who spoke against him now.
No system can change Africa!! Only a change in the minds of the people and leaders can change us, who said a one-party system would be impenetrable by White manipulation if we still have self-centred people in leadership?!?! We just need people who love the country more than their self-centered aspirations (remember that all the shows of power and massive investments in other countries that your man engaged in were aimed at him becoming president of Africa - apparently he was the only person who didn't realise that it was never going to be possible to unite all of Africa at once - the US started with only 13 states, your man being so megalomaniac and over-ambitious didn't even think of trying to unite West Africa first). Every system has its own flaws and advantages, that CPP era was not all-glorious as you would want people to blindly believe, there's no light in a land where people can't speak freely.
@@gideonob Yeah, you're as dumb as I thought you were. "Nkrumah enthusiasts." You can't even respect the fact that what I just taught you actually happened. Your answer is dependent on false allegations and propaganda straight out of the U.S. playbook. You're too incompetent to understand the pattern of development Africa is supposed to follow and why the CPP was successful with every sector and was an example other African nations climbing out of colonialism intended to follow.
After reading the regurgitated garbage you wrote that is what the neo-colonialists wanted. If that were the case Nkrumah's government would have been a puppet stooge state. That was never going to happen. The reality of what was built from 1951 to 1966 was crystal clear, and there is recorded documentation about all of it as well. Lies about it (as you've said it) just won't cut it. '
Dismissed!
@@NkrumahTure Of course, just another average Ghanaian who can't have a conversation without hailing insults on anyone with contradictory opinions, right out of the Nkrumah playbook - It's no surprise you name yourself after him. Preventive Detention Act to arrest everyone who had a contradictory opinion to his, and a Preventive Insult Act to "dismiss" everyone whose opinion is contrary to yours, you're indeed of your father Nkrumah
Kwame Nkuruma remains the greatest African
...and nobody is going to change that history. No family is going to erase or distort that history .
Nkwasia sem Nkoaaaaaa. OFUI frehoko
You also started trying to tarnish the image of Dr Nkrumah
That's the fact, swallow the bitter pill
This Paul Adom Otchere guy is very confused. He is clearly making efforts to distort Ghana´s history. Can't you see his propaganda for the Busia-Danquah tradition?
We the Nkrumahists will not sit and watch this happen.
The more historical events that are highlighted the better for Ghana. I would like my own opinion on what is distorted. It is not just the Busia-Danquah narrative versus the Nkrumahists narrative on what the history is of this country. It's not a battle between who is right. The battle is for as much information as possible and contribute to the understanding that it takes all of us to make Ghana the best country she can be.
This guy is just a non serious entity
@@Blackcricket100 trying to explain this very comments but got misunderstood as the system clearly flawed at the administration of colonism,
This is the most foolish thing ever! They have tried every possible way to denigrate the greatest of all time Ghanaian! But I know posterity will be the judge over this. Nkrumah loved and died for his Ghana. Non of the so called stupid leaders can ever come close to what Nkrumah did for Ghana.
How did he die for Ghana? He died in Guinea having no direct influence on the politics here.
@@gideonobYOU ARE A FOOL , WEATHER YOU PEOPLE LIKE IT OR NOT NKRUMAH NEVER DIES, HE IS THE FATHER OF GHANA 🇬🇭 INCLUDING AFRICA.
Don’t mind them they jealous about father of Africa . OSAGYFO never dies
NOW, THERE IS NO MORE LOVE AMONGST BRETHERING BECAUSE POLITICS
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I don’t know what this is trying to achieve? Whether it was elections or plebicite, the candidates campaigned and voters made their choice, majority went with Nkrumah!
If Nkrumah had not been overthrown by stooges of colonialism,by now Africa would have been united and prospering;then you would have had people like this man fighting over who is the Father/founder of the UNITED STATES OF AFRICA! How far has Africa gone without him,sir? Well, Mr ,here is a simple example:Our great King Nana Ashantehene ,OTUMFUO OSEI TUTU 1,is credited as the Founder of our great Ashanti nation/Kingdom;certainly he did that with others,and as a matter of fact,there were some great Kings who fought day and night before him towards the establishment of our great Ashanti Nation/Kingdom,but because of his unparalleled role in the establishment of our great kingdom,he is honoured/celebrated as the FOUNDER OF OUR ASHANTI KINGDOM within our rich Ashanti Tradition and culture,just as KWAME NKRUMAH IS THE FOUNDER OF GHANA! This is basic logic that can't escape you,Mr !
EGYAEKYI EGYAKYI I couldn't have said it better myself, brother. What they're attempting to do is thwart the continental unification of Africa. When that happens, African will not only control their wealth, but the white neo-colonialists are completely out as the beneficiaries of African wealth. They don't want us with any power because they know it will exceed theirs.
The fact is the opposition were all ready puppet stooges to be used by the imperialist powers already inside of Africa. Nkrumah was leading the African continent toward full independence, Dr. Danquah would've never done that then, nor when he finally.did get his chance at being a stooge years later. Africans need to be completely free from white supemacy, and imperialist manipulation, for that only a revolutionary and a revolutionary political party is qualified to do that, and Nkrumah and the CPP were the ones to do it. Plebiscite or no, he was uniquely qualified to lead Ghana and Africa to power. White men and African traitors did not not want that, and thwarted the revolutionary effort to restore our people to true power on the earth, ending the white man's control of Africans and Africa.
It's not over yet.
The term 'plebiscite' has a generally similar meaning to referendum in modern usage and comes from the Latin plebiscita, which originally meant a decree of the Concilium Plebis (Plebeian Council), the popular assembly of the Roman Republic. Today, a referendum can also often be referred to as a plebiscite, but in some countries the two terms are used differently to refer to votes with differing types of legal consequences.[8]
In Australia, a 'referendum' is often said to be a vote to change the federal constitution and 'plebiscite' a vote which does not affect the federal constitution.[8] However, this is erroneous as not all federal referendums have been on constitutional matters (such as the 1916 Australian conscription referendum), and state votes that likewise do not affect either the federal or state constitution are frequently said to be referendums (such as the 2009 Western Australian daylight saving referendum). Historically, they are used by Australians interchangeably and a plebiscite was considered another name for a referendum.[9][10][11]
In Ireland, 'plebiscite' referred to the vote to adopt its constitution, but a subsequent vote to amend the constitution is called a 'referendum', as is a poll of the electorate on a non-constitutional bill.
Truly we can't build Ghana and Africa with these kind of mind set. How do we get rid of these people
People vote on different dates and days in American presidential elections,does this makes it a plebiscite and not elections?Paul,you're just calling a chamber pot(kruaba)by different names.It still remains a kruaba!
Paul thanks for this history lesson,
Paul A O was an intelligent journalist until he compromise his integrity for political gain.
And I think all journalists should learn from that is about the people not a political parties they will come and go.
Great work Mr. Adom-Otchere. I'm just curious what the entire import of the presentation intends to convey. If a constitution provides for a channel as a way of electing (or choosing as would be appropriate in this context) and that channel is used, how does it generate a debate? Key questions we need to address
1. Is the question "Did Nkrumah win a presidential election" relevant?
2. Did Nkrumah become president and did he do some through a legally acceptable channel
3. Would the outcome have been different if it had been an election instead of a plebiscite (in your opinion)?
4. Was there a request for an election instead of the plebiscite? and What was the outcome of that debate?
I believe history is an amalgam of facts and events that are interpreted to mean one thing or the other. It is a collective's accepted tale. There is the power to change or distort history and it should be done for a greater good. I don't get the sense that our current debate is driving in that direction. I believe we can have more fruitful debates around our history and I'm learning a lot from your research and publications I just don't feel that this particular argument gets us anywhere. It's been insightful watching though, please keep up the great work.
My two cents.
This Asante Akyem Dogs want their CIA agent J.B Danquah to be what, and CIA Busia dog also to be what?
Share important things that will make the country improve
This guy's is pure npp..and he is doing all he can to distort Nkrumah's image..and make their evil father's look like heroes
Massa take this down, accept that you erred and take it down and let's make progress. It's continual existence wouldn't make a wrong a good tomorrow.
Did any form of election even took place during the colonial era? Rights of citizens. Citizens were tired in connection to the colonial administration that led Francis Nwia Ngonlomo to his victory, the far more educated one's were left out. Which is understandable at that period of time .Paul showing light to that facts. Paul great job part of National healing. and education. Now it's NIC no foolishness. With prophets predictions and other corrupted. Well done Paul 💯👍👌👌👌💯
What’s your point. If an election was conducted at time, believe me Nkrumah would have won. Presidency is leadership and what Nkrumah exhibited was unmatched leadership coupled with patriotism.
Distorted history cannot do anything to the CPP party and her leader Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. He was ahead of his time and led Ghana
You have started fooling your self,gyimmii
In which dictionary would you see the definition:
A Plebiscite is voting carried over several days and Election is voting carried over one day?
Both of them can be used for electing a President - plebiscite is an election and election is a plebiscite. If you do not understand, adom otchere, go ask you political science lecturer!!!
This argument is extraneous. A plebiscite (pronounced plebysite not sit) can also be described as an election. Different countries apply different meanings and assignments to the interpretation of plebiscite. Furthermore what is the actual point of his clarification.
There is another way of pronouncing this word. Check the phonetic transcription in modern dictionaries or online.
@@jamalamaney7293 Yes you are right but it is not the majority accepted way. Just because something sounds phonetically doesn't make it right. Too many African journalists (radio/TV) make common mispronunciations like "Ta len Ted"as oppose to "talen Ted". Once the error seeps into the system it then becomes accepted. There biggest culprits are the Americans
I'm trying to understand this detard he seems to have discovered the very trueth in human life guys keep watching the guy
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I don't understand the rationale or the motive of the debate. I am not from Ghana just stumbled while wanting to listen to Nkruma's speeches. I find his arguments rudiculous & of no use..
all i know is truthful people are not love by the people. from Noah Abraham Josef David Moses Jesus to Mohammed. Kwame Nkrumah was free from tribalism a Nationalist who dont know tribes.even after so many years they still want to undermind the great Osagifu fighting with his grave.so this Kind of people the enemy of progress didn't start today.they went to England to tell the Briton not to Grant Ghana the independents and they failed they shamelessly call themselves the big six.
Great historical feedback
....and so what? What exactly is the point of this presentation? Whether by election, selections, or appointment. President Kwame Nkrumah is the first president of Ghana.
Presidential elections were held for the first time in Ghana on 27 April 1960. The elections were held alongside a referendum on creating an executive presidency. The winner of the election would become the country's first President if the new republican constitution was passed (which it did). Candidates[edit]
There were only two candidates in the election:
Kwame Nkrumah, incumbent Prime Minister and leader of the Convention People's Party
J. B. Danquah, United Party leader and one of the Big Six
Results[edit]
Candidate Party Votes %
Kwame Nkrumah Convention People's Party 1,016,076 (89.07%)
J. B. Danquah United Party 124,623 (10.93%)
Total 1,140,699 100
Registered voters/turnout 2,098,651
Source: African Elections database
Please recheck your facts
Facts, brother. It's a shame there's so many that don't know shit about the facts. They like operating off propaganda designed to make them look real stupid. People have got to read.
so did we have a Plebiscite in 2012 elections where voting took place in 2 days because some verification machines were malfunctioning?
The debate Paul and Pratt were having kinda gives some context into the presidential election statements. It got heated but I liked it.
soundcloud.com/citi97-3/adom-otchere-clashes-with-pratt-over-ghanas-founding-history
Great attempt Uncle Paul.
However, Plebiscite or Presidential Election, people still went to the poll in April 1960 to cast their ballots to determine who became President.
I really think you should double check your definition of a Plebiscite. I mean, how can u say a Plebiscite is used to, and i quote you "determine matters that are not particularly very very very serious to the lives of the people". Google defines a Plebiscite as "the direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an IMPORTANT PUBLIC QUESTION such as a change in the constitution".
In my opinion, i believe "who do you want to be president?" falls under an IMPORTANT PUBLIC QUESTION.
Please come again.
Plebiscite is synonymous to election therefore it is an election. However Paul should qualify his position by saying Nkrumah never won a nationwide election.
So your point is to allow citizens to eat half cooked beacons?
He has been set to think and speak that way , which has nothing to do with Ghana history, so students research and live him alone.
india general elections votes takes weeks . get a clear understanding of the topic before hosting
Neither Nkrumah nor Danquah, not neither or. Polling not pooling. Much as I agree with Paul, methinks he should have researched the pronunciation of plebiscite before his presentation
Thanks for the tongue-in-cheek humor, Tunde ... Too bad this Nkrumah-hater will likely not get it. By the way, you see by your own observation of his rather poor English presentation, how low the educational system in Ghana has sunk ever since the removal of Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah. Peace.
See what u doing to ur self ,ur guilty conscious can’t let u have peace of mind.those who sent u didn’t succeed.resign from the government appointment then we can talk Paul
Ok let's hear from you about the Airport Christmas 🎄 tree.. WWR
Kwasea man.
Aboa bi.
Talk about your mafia, thievery and harlotism.
So who is the first president of Ghana?
Voting is to agree or disagree
This is pure mind conditioning
what you know is big big grammar# fixed the country
Bro weather you like it or not OSAGYFO Dr Kwame Nkrumah he’s the father of Ghana 🇬🇭 including Africa get it into your head ok and stop making noise
At times we can be very trivial!!!
No, Frederick, he is worse than being trivial ... It's a deliberate attempt by the descendants and supporters of the same faction that mindlessly and self-servingly did all they could to thwart the efforts of the Osagyefo to obtain political independence for Ghana and Africa. Their forebears (read Dr. Busia) went to the extent of sending a delegation to the UK to actually beg their "masters" not to give the Gold Coast its political independence because it was "not fit yet to rule itself". It was this that prompted Nkrumah's retort that the then-Gold Coast hat the right to manage or mismanage it's own affairs, and needed no help to that effect from a colonial power which, in any case, was merely amply helping itself with the wealth of the colony. When these traitors failed, the resorted to assassination attempts, especially after independence. Their diabolical ways have not changed, culminating in the early insurgency of Col. Afrifa and his cohorts in the illicit coup d'etat of 2/24/1966, as well as the emergence of more recent self-serving "leaders" like Busia, Kuffour, and, now, Akufo-Addo. So, this just a synopsis. They will not stop unless and until a second Nkrumah appears.on the scene.
Adom Otchere, ghanaians are not interested in whether Nkrumah won an election or not. You're entering a field that is best reserved for the academia. What you're talking about is it beneficial to your audience?
We know you. You told a lie about you and Nii Arday Clegg. If Nii Arday had not stood his grounds and confronted you, you would have gone ahead to tell other lies.
Continue in your self glorification.
i dont see what it eating Paul's head.
That was the system available to elect the president so weather it is by raising your hands or voting for a month. that was the method and the logistics available. Could we collate all votes same day by 1957? The second book you read said presidential election. So why neglect the phrase but use the process to explain your plebiscite.
But voting takes place
This Asante Akyem Dogs want their CIA agent J.B Danquah to be what, and CIA Busia dog also to be what?
Paul, such a ferrocious attempt to proof or disproof events in relation to Danquah/ Nkrumah, all in the past. If I may ask what is the relavance to the future?. How much are you earning from such an insidious adventure.
I wish you would allocate your creative human resources in looking ahead into the future,developing models to aid in activating positive mindset in your audience for innovative capacity endowment for our competitiveness. Help us to look ahead than dwelling and fasten us to these past
i feel sorry for this guy. He seems to be honest until recently. Politics fucks up peoples mind especially in Ghana. Ghanaians are masters of pull him down. The fact is that Nkrumah is beyond Ghana. The more they try to bring him down the bigger he becomes.18.05 minutes of crap
Paul, a plebiscite is a vote. What was the reason for the plebiscite? It was to elect a president. And Nkrumah won. What's your case? You are becoming so irrelevant
Hw3 ne gyimii bi, you refering from a book written by the british what our history were , mo so kwasia de3 ebi mbaa da.
It is a form to select a president. Does it matter the form. You do not have a point Otchere unless you are engaging in propaganda.
listen bucket homosexual in Ghana we don't want to hear. Dr Kwame Nkrumah that history talk important thing Okay 🙉🙉
This debate or exposition serves no useful purpose. You have just wasted 18 minutes of my life. Don't display your erudition by raising irrelevant of inconsequential issues! I suggest you look up the true meaning of plebiscite.
Plebiscite not a plebisit
Neither Nkrumah nor Danquah, not neither or. Polling not pooling. Much as I agree with Paul, methinks he should have researched the pronunciation of plebiscite before his presentation
Confundieron a los verdaderos enemigos que viven el gran hombre solo en perfecta paz que vivió su espíritu, vivimos 👊 (#Rastafaraiii) y detienen esta actitud de lavado de cerebro ... es una pena😥😥🙈
Election is all about VOTING so my brother Paul Adom-Otchere congrats for your view.
However , since there was VOTING between Dr Nkrumah and Dr Danqauh , hence NKRUMAH participated in an ELECTION in Ghana and he won it. So whether is a referendum, plebiscite, parliamentary, presidential and the rest , now since VOTING is part of the process is an Election.
nkrumah was president thats wat matters,i dnt knw wats wrong with u tho
Soo what
Much ado about nothing
What imbecilic nonsense! Not worthy of serious contemplation except, perhaps, by the likes of an earlier Independence era faction of Ghanaians rabidly anti-Nkrumah and anti-anything that Nkrumsh stood for, thus aptly deridedly referred to as "Ma'ate me ho" people -- roughly translated as secessionists. It is from that general ethnic group and school of thought (if one could call it such) that people like Afrifa, Busia, Danquah, Ofori-Attah, Kuffour, and Akufo-Addo derive. A word to the wise ...
U don't know what you are talking about
I liked JB Danquah
Danquah die in jail like mad dog his spirit is roaming around in jail
So what do u seek to achieve with this assertion? Viewers or what or just wanted to be controversial smallhmmm Ghana