Dr. Kwame Nkrumah is a former President of Ghana
The Minister of Environment, Science, and Technology, Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, has made a startling disclosure about the ordeal faced by Ghana’s founder, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, during his regime.
Highlighting the plight of Nkrumah, following multiple plots to overthrow him and attempts on his life, Murtala Muhammed stated that the country’s founder, despite being the sitting president, was unable to visit certain cities in the country, even though he had the freedom and power to do so.
“… There are certain cities in this country Nkrumah, as the sitting president, could not travel to,” he said on the floor of Parliament on February 25, 2025.
His disclosure of Nkrumah’s plight has sent shockwaves, raising concerns about how certain individuals who opposed his administration went to great lengths to ensure his downfall.
The Tamale Central lawmaker further asserted that the overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah and his government was a plot orchestrated by external forces seeking to assert control and power over the country, who successfully influenced some Ghanaians to carry out the act.
He added that Nkrumah’s overthrow was a direct result of his opposition to external forces gaining control over the country’s resources, power, and sovereignty.
“What is grievous about the criminal overthrow of Nkrumah is the fact that they allowed people outside this country to influence them.
“There are ample evidence stating conclusively that the overthrow of Nkrumah was not planned in Ghana, but was planned by the people who felt we needed to come to them, gold in hand so that they can dictate how this country is governed, but Nkrumah opposed it,” he added.
He made these points while contributing to a debate on the floor of Parliament on the legacy of Ghana’s first president.
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