The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said that on the instructions of President John Mahama, they have initiated negotiations with the Sékou Touré family of Guinea to allow Ghana take possession of the house where Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah lived and worked as the Co-President of Guinea in his last years.
Mr Ablakwa said that the Mahama Administration intends to renovate and preserve Nkrumah’s Guinea residence not only as an act of respect but also to preserve the Osagyefo’s legacy.
It will also create a full experience for tourists to follow Nkrumah’s outstanding life from Ghana to Guinea.
This landmark decision was conveyed to the Sékou Touré family on Saturday when Vice President, H.E. Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang led us to visit the Sékou Touré family and also tour Nkrumah’s abandoned home after the investiture of President Mamady Doumbouya, the Minister wrote on his X page.
He said Ghana’s delegation was well-received by three generations of the Sékou Touré family, led by his eldest son.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is negotiating the terms and conditions and engaging preservation experts for this important assignment. In the spirit of transparency and accountability, the Ghanaian public shall be fully apprised at every stage. Nkrumah never dies,” he said.
