A relative of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah has revealed that children of his late uncle, even though visit their hometown, they don’t step foot in the family house whenever they are around.
According to the family, the children have some resentment for their father for prioritising the state ahead of his children’s needs.
Bernice Frimpong, a niece to Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, speaking with Onua News’ Akua Sarpomaa Thursday, September 21, 2023, also expressed disappointment in the various regimes for neglecting the family.
She says but for President Kufuor who renovated the family house for them during his tenure, no other president has turned an eye on them.
She said the family always feel sad during her uncle’s birthday because politicians throng the house to make promises but have never fulfilled any of them.
Meanwhile, the Onua Maakye team joined the Ngolomah-Nyanibah family, the Member of Parliament for Ellembelle, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, CEO and Founder of Golden Empire Legacy Limited who is NDC parliamentary candidate for Amenfi Central, Joana Gyan Cudjoe, and the entire residents of Nkroful to celebrate him on his 114th birthday.
The event commenced with the lighting of torch fires from the Nkrumah Museum at Nkroful, through some parts of the principal streets of the town and completed at Osagyefo’s family house.
With cheer songs hailing Nkrumah taking centre stage during the procession, Osibisa’s ‘we are going’ was not left out in the patriotically charged march.
The procession which was joined by the young and old, both male and female, rich and poor devoid of status, was climaxed at the family house where participants went round a podium in front of the family house with a portrait of him.
The ritual continued till it was about five minutes to midnight when they stopped to initiate preparations for a cake cutting ceremony.
A birthday cake was cut in honour of Ghana’s first President few minutes after midnight, Thursday, September 21, 2023.
Find below images of the event.
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