The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park (KNMP) has applauded government’s decision to reinstate “Founder’s Day” in honour of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
The National Holidays and Commemorative Days (Amendment) Bill reaffirmed the holiday to be celebrated on September 21 to commemorate Nkrumah’s legacy as Ghana’s founding leader.
The holiday was moved to August 4 under the NPP-led Akufo-Addo administration in 2019.
But on June 26, 2025, President John Dramani Mahama issued an Executive Instrument that restored the holiday to September 21.
In a press release signed by Acting Executive Director of the Park, Dr. Collins Rawlings Nunyonameh hailed the move as a “victory for truth and historical justice,” highlighting Nkrumah’s unmatched role in Ghana’s liberation from colonial rule.
“This decision is not only a victory for truth and historical justice, but a reaffirmation of the indisputable legacy of Dr Kwame Nkrumah as the true founder of Ghana.
“As in all cases, while we note that others may have contributed in various ways to Ghana’s political development, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah remains peerless in Ghana’s political history,” the statement read.
The statement quoted former Guinean President Sekou Touré’s 1972 tribute: “Those who attempted to humiliate him only succeeded in glorifying him.”
The memorial park urged lawmakers to further entrench the holiday in law to prevent future revisionism and invited the public to visit the Accra site to learn more about Nkrumah’s legacy.
“We would now call on the Government, Parliament and the Constitutional Review Committee to take steps to entrench Founder’s Day in law, to safeguard it from future political revisionism and historical distortions.
“We commend government for this singular decision, which exemplifies in more ways than one, the government’s determination to correct historical distortions and assert Dr. Nkrumah’s status as the founder of our beloved nation, Ghana,” the statement added.
