Accra, Sept 20, GNA - The MP for Odododiodioo, Mr Jonathan Nii Tackie Komme, has appealed to Ghanaians to use the centenary celebration of Ghana's first President, Osagyefo Doctor Kwame Nkrumah, which falls on Monday, to unite and work for the advancement of the country. He noted that the late President was selfless and dedicated to the cause of a united and prosperous Ghana and saw everyone as part of the solution since they are one people with a common destiny. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Saturday, Mr. Tackie Komme, observed that even though Dr. Nkrumah was an Nzema from the Western Region, he saw himself as a African and Ghanaian first and foremost and even contested and won the Accra Central seat now known as the Odododiodioo constituency in the then National Assembly. He commended the President, Professor John Evans Atta Mills, for declaring Dr. Nkrumah birthday as a national holiday and appealed to the Planning Committee for the centenary to hold one of the activities at the 'Arena', a famous area in Accra city centre.

He noted that this would be a fitting memorial since Dr. Nkrumah held most of his rallies and outdoor activities during the course of the struggle for the country's independence at Arena, which is now a transport terminal in the city.

Mr Tackie Komme expressed the gratitude of the Chiefs and people of Ga Mashie for the celebration, which would be climaxed on their soil at the Kwame Nkrumah mausoleum formerly Old Polo Grounds where the late President proclaimed Ghana's independence on the 6th of March 19 57. The Odododiodioo MP commended them for their support for Dr. Nkrumah during the struggle especially, the then Ga Manste, Nii Tackie Komme II, who gave his blessing for Dr. Nkrumah to contest the Accra Central seat. He recalled that the then Ga Manste Tackie Komme hid Dr Nkrumah in the stool room of the Ga paramountcy after his declaration of "Positive Action" in 1946 after the strike and boycott of European stores. Dr Nkrumah was being sought by the colonial administration but since it was sacrilegious for unauthorised people to enter the stool room, it served as his most perfect hiding place. 20 Sept. 09