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SPEECH DELIVERED BY HON. DR. OWUSU AFRIYIE AKOTO ON THE OCCASION OF THE 2021 RE: AKOTO MEMORIAL LECTURES
The Chairman of the Council of State, Nana Otuo Siribour II, Juabenhen; The Chief Justice, My Lord Kwasi Anin-Yeboah; The Former Speaker of Parliament, Professor Michael Aaron Ocquaye; The Director of the Ghana School of Law and Faculty; The Vice Chancellor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Faculty; General Secretary and Regional Chairmen of the New Patriotic Party (NPP); Nananom; Members of the Media, Students, Ladies and Gentlemen.
The family of Baffour Osei Akoto is most grateful to the Ghana School of Law for the opportunity provided by this platform to discuss the life and works of my late father and his contribution to the development of our dear country, Ghana.
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The Failed Nkrumah War Against The Monster Of Tribal Politics In Ghana-Episode 1
It is a fact that when Ghana gained political independence on 6
th March 1957, it was not a monolithic entity. This is because there was a tapestry of four major artificial political components at the time and these were:
The Gold Coast Colony comprising the coastal areas, Akyem and Akwamu, which became part of the British Colony due to the Bond of 1844.
The Ashanti Kingdom, annexed by the British following the Yaa Asantewaa War in 1901.
The Northern Territories, which were made of kingdoms, that came under the British Colonial Government on account of the Northern Territories Ordinance of 1901.
Ghanaians have taken to social and traditional media to remember and celebrate one of Ghana s traditional and political icon, Nana Bafour Akoto, the Late Senior Linguist of the Asantehene and Founder of the National Liberation Movement (NLM).
Born 117 years ago today, Nana Bafour Akoto, is credited as the Crusader of Ghana s journey to real freedom and multi-party democracy.
He is also the father of the immediate past and current Minister-designate for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, who is associated with the now famous Planting for Food and Jobs(PFJ) initiative.
The Late Senior Linguist of the Asante Kingdom is also seen as the Father of UP Tradition, having worked hard to bring the Northern Peoples Party to merge with the National Liberation Movement (NLM) to form the United Party which metamorphosed into the now New Patriotic Party.