"One Ghana Unity Flag" arrives in Cape coast

Cape Coast, Sept.19, GNA - The "One Ghana Unity Flag" arrived in Cape Coast, the Central Regional capital on Friday. The GNA observed that students and a few residents of the city processed from the Mfantsipim Junction through the commercial streets of the Metropolis to the Jubilee Park, where government functionaries, chiefs and the security agencies converged to receive the flag. In a short address after signing on the flag, Madam Ama Benyiwa-Doe, Regional Minister, recounted the life of the first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and paid glowing tribute to him for his selfless dedication that contributed to the attainment of Ghana's independence.

She said that even though Dr. Nkrumah came from a poor home, he took his studies seriously and aspired to be a priest but changed his mind as he grew to witness the exploitation and the plundering of the country's resources by the colonial administration.

Madam Benyiwa-Doe said Dr. Nkrumah was humble, respectful and had Africa as well Ghana dear to his heart and there was the need to celebrate his works, life and ideologies and condemned critics of the first President who said he had all the resources to develop the nation. She said that such critics if given the same resources would not be able perform or "execute anything" because cannot be as selfless as Dr. Nkrumah and would not be able to plan as he did for the country. Two former officials in Dr. Nkrumah's government, Mr James Quayson and Mr James Alfred Dougan Assin were present at the ceremony. They urged government officials to emulate the Dr Nkrumah to move the development of Ghana forward.

Osabarima Kwesi Atta II, Oguaamanhen, Nana Amba Eyiaba Krontihemaa of Oguaa Traditional Area and government officials appended their signatures on the flag.

The flag which has gone through the Upper West and Western Regions would be finally received by President John Evans Atta Mills in Accra on Monday, September 21.