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Mon, 05 Aug 2024 Feature Article

Osagyefo is our Lincoln, our Isaac Newton, our Gandhi, our Churchill.

He deserves a good pension with a gold watch...
Osagyefo is our Lincoln, our Isaac Newton, our Gandhi, our Churchill.

It's not only what belongs to Caesar that should be given to him. What Caessr deserves should also be considered - _mansa musa_

Fellow Ghanaians, it is time we put our "moneys" where our mouths are. We have to settle this debate of the greatness of the founder of Ghana, Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah once and for all.

We are ever ready to fete and celebrate people who are said to have achieved so much for the country. It is proper to acknowledge the good work done for the country by individuals. That's why we shower praises and award medals to national heroes. We do this so they'd know that their toil had not been in vain and also for others to emulate.

It is in this context that I dare to say that we don't have a national/global hero bigger than Kwame Nkrumah. It is, therefore, imperative that as we honour small, small heroes of the day, it is about time we show substantive love and special appreciation to Osagyefo through his living descendants.

Nkrumah's children are not ordinary children, and it is a firm belief of this writer that the state must draw up an afterlife Will for the children of Osagyefo. He was more than Lionel Messi and Pele. He is bigger than Bob Marley. Nkrumah is the biggest. He personally fought very hard to bring this country Ghana to be. He would've even done more if we had not betrayed him.

In this same context again, I would urge John Dramani Mahama to publicly vow, pledge, and promise to find a befitting land and build a befitting household for the children of Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah. The modest house IK Acheampong gave to Fatiah is not enough. I urge the state to facilitate a one-off, handsome payment for the Osagyefo household.

If current nobodies acquiring state properties for their families, and we are okay with it, then the man who fought and gave us independence, his children, and his descendants deserve better. This current state of affairs, where Osagyefo's children are left languishing about is a massive disgrace to us. Ghana, we can do better than just looking on while Akufo Addo continue grabbing all he can for his children, Osagyefo's children, too, must be looked after befittingly. Thank you

Mansa Musa
Mansa Musa, © 2024

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