Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa with the Cadres of the June 4 revolution
Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, will be sponsoring the treatment of all medical conditions of the 24 surviving Cadres of the June 4 revolution within his constituency at the Battor Catholic Hospital.
He made this announcement when he together with the North Tongu NDC Executives hosted the 24 surviving Cadres of the revolution to a special lunch at the Royal Masito Hotel in Mepe as part of the 40th-anniversary celebrations of June 4.
At the lunch, the Cadres shared their June 4 experience with the party and later advised the executives on how to build an even more formidable party and progressive community. Mr Ablakwa said, “My appeal for a Cadres Advisory Council to guide me in the discharge of my duties was quickly and warmly agreed to and for this, I am deeply grateful”.
The June 4 Revolution, otherwise known as June 4th Uprising was incited by the arrest and trial of Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings and other junior military officers by the leadership of the Supreme Military Council II (SMC II). Jerry John Rawlings and the junior officers were arrested and charged with mutiny for a failed coup attempt on the 15th of May, 1979.
Jerry John Rawlings cited a number of reasons for the failed coup attempt on 15th May, 1979.
Firstly, the junior military officers, including Jerry John Rawlings, were refused salaries on countless occasions.
Also, on the broader scale, issues of widespread corruption among Supreme Military Council officials, poor governance, economic hardship and general frustration on the part of populace as well as high levels of indiscipline within the Ghana Army were among the issues highlighted.
One of the main architects of the uprising, Major Boakye Djan, has in recent times revealed that they deliberately added a political twist to it to help emancipate the whole of Africa.
According to Osahene Boakye Djan, after several secret meetings with John Rawlings, the team decided to establish a secret movement known as the Free Africa Movement (FAM) to drive the uprising. Boakye Gyan noted that although Nkrumah fought for the liberation of the whole African continent, Africa still appeared to be under the rule and control of the colonial masters.
Boakye Gyan mentions in an interview that though Ghana was independent, the country was not free enough to determine the prices of cash crops like cocoa and other commodities hence the movement.
