Attempting to distort Nkrumah’s history to gain power ‘dangerous’ – Kwesi Aning
Professor Kwesi Aning, a renowned security consultant specialising in risk assessments and analysis, has strongly condemned what he describes as a deliberate attempt to distort the achievements and contributions of Ghana’s first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
His comments come in response to comparisons made between President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo and Dr. Kwame Nkrumah by Dr. Matthew Opoku, the running mate of the governing New Patriotic Party, during his unveiling ceremony at the Manhyia Palace.
Speaking on the Class Morning Show on Class91.3FM, Professor Aning expressed concern that such manipulations could mislead the public and affect their electoral decisions.
“When you fabricate and manipulate content that you present as real, then you distort people’s understandings and the choices that they have to make when they get into that booth,” he told host Kwame Dwomoh-Agyemang on Friday, July 19, 2024.
Professor Aning emphasised the importance of principles and values in the quest for public office. He stated, “The principles and the values that must drive what we do in our search for public office, unfortunately, have been thrown to the doors.”
Highlighting the significance of Dr. Nkrumah’s legacy, Professor Aning noted: “We have been following how Ghana’s history, Africa’s Pan-African history, was deliberately distorted. This attempt to deliberately distort his achievements and contributions, not only to Ghana, not only to West Africa but to the continent and to the black race as a whole, is troubling.”
He continued: “Probably there’s no single African, who in terms of scholarly works, is studied globally more than this guy. Even what he left us we can barely maintain.”
Professor Aning described efforts to manipulate such globally recognised history for political gain as “dangerous.”
He warned: “When someone who seeks to attain high public office skews this for narrow political purposes, using untruthful, mislabelling, misleading, understated, and manipulated information to distort history, then that is dangerous.”
Source: classfmonline.com/Elikem Adiku
Trending News
Wisconsin College Ghana named "Educational Institution of the Year" at 2024 Ghana Business Awards
18:03Akufo-Addo: Bawumia’s qualities make him the best to succeed me, carry Ghana forward
18:07Speaker returns SC ruling processes, citing Constitutional requirements
15:18EC cancels Yasarko contract for Dec. 7 ballot printing
15:19NDC’ll not sign any peace pact until ‘killers’ from 2020 polls are arrested – Asiedu Nketia
16:13Concerned grassroot members of CETAG call for Bawumia's head over deception
23:37East Legon accident: Anger as UGMC medical officer prevents police from interrogating Salifu Amoako’s son
16:53Dec 7 polls: GCPP commends NDC for paying attention to EC's details
14:35NPP is winning Dec. 7 polls to shame the pessimists – Ofosu Nkansah
16:47Environmental advocates condemn violence against media team investigating illegal mining activities
13:21