A founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe says Dr
According to him, "What are documented cannot easily be altered."
His comment comes at the back of a statement issued by the Presidency which states that "4th August, is, thus, obviously the most appropriate day to signify our recognition and appreciation of the collective efforts of our forebears towards the founding of a free, independent Ghana.
"It is equally clear that the first leader of independent Ghana, and the nation’s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, played an outstanding role in helping to bring to fruition the works of the earlier generations, and leading us to the promised land of national freedom and independence. It is entirely appropriate that we commemorate him for that role, by designating his birthday as the permanent day of his remembrance".
Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe in an interview on Accra-based Class FM said "the British handed over the new nation Ghana … to one person [Nkrumah] in this country and that is what we know."
He said "some of us were lucky to be alive even though I was a kid."
He added that the colonialists left independent Ghana to "no person other than Dr Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah, so why the change now?"
"This is what we know, this is what we saw. Now any other person who played any role including my own great granduncle BV Tamakloe, that should be left in the history books for us to study or read," he said.
According to him, "the one who projected himself to such a height and was able to win us independence – I won’t say single-handedly, no, others helped him but he was the one who was given the torch when the English were leaving – was Kwame Nkrumah and I think that must be respected."