Nkrumah wanted to set up a restaurant when he arrived in Ghana - Gabby Otchere-Darko

A stalwart of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has disclosed what business Ghana's first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, wanted to do when he arrived in Ghana before joining the struggle for independence.

He said Dr. Nkrumah wanted to run an eatery and later set up a library.

"Before Nkrumah came to Ghana, there is a book, Nkrumah's years abroad, and I think some of the correspondence you can find at the Balm Library. Before he came to Ghana, there were letters that he had written to an uncle and his family members about looking for funds and what he wanted to do when he got to Ghana.

"He wanted to set up a restaurant, and he was asking for money. He was tired of being abroad and wanted to come to Ghana. But his focus was to set up a restaurant. In other correspondence, he was looking whether he could set up a library," Gabby Asare Otchere Darko said in an interview on channel one TV monitored by GhanaWeb.

In his 2024 Founders' Day address on Saturday, August 3, the president objected to the assertion that Dr. Kwame Nkrumah founded Ghana.

In 2019, Parliament passed a law establishing August 4 as Founders' Day to honour the collective efforts of those who contributed to Ghana's independence struggle while designating September 21 as Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day.

This decision sparked protests from individuals and groups who believed in Nkrumah's singular role in the country's founding.

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