Dr J. B. Danquah remembered

ACCRA, January 08 -- The family of Dr J.B.Danquah gathered on Sunday at the Danquah Circle in Accra to pay tribute to the doyen of Ghanaian politics. In remembrance of Dr Danquah's contribution to the attainment of justice, liberty and democracy, his statue was adorned with a cloth of red, white and blue, the traditional colours of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), as a symbolic gesture.

The NPP is seen as "party, which has upheld the visionary and humanitarian principles of the Danquah-Busia tradition". Meanwhile, the Danquah family in a statement described the day as "an important day" and noted that Ghanaians have voted for positive change, democracy and the rule of law, which, it said, were the ideals Dr Danquah stood for and paid the ultimate sacrifice for it.