Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Thursday, M.anifest said music should be used to tell only the truth and not lies.

“…not to use it as a propaganda piece, but as in artist being the heartbeat of culture and being able to express truth about today, and also things about today that will be useful in the future…so that 50 years from now, when you listen to the music of today, it will give you clues as to what was happening with leadership, economy, social interactions between men and women.”

M.anifest made the remark when his views were sought on the Citi Breakfast Show in relation to that subject.

Host of the show, Bernard Koku Avle, posited that instead of politicians dominating sources of Ghana’s history, music could be adopted as a tool of telling the country’s story.

But M.anifest said because some musicians are paid to skew facts, music cannot always be “honest and truthful.”

“We can use Germany as an example and even some African countries in which sometimes people are commissioned essentially to tell a lie and it’s very powerful using music,” he added.

Debate of founder or founders of Ghana

The comment by M.anifest comes on the back of an unending debate of who the true founding fathers of Ghana are. Whereas some believe that Nkrumah founded Ghana and must be celebrated as such, members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) think otherwise.

According to them, others including J.B. Danquah helped in that vein hence must all be acknowledged.

In view of this, President Akufo-Addo has triggered the necessary Executive Instruments to designate August 4 as Founders Day and September 21 in every year as Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day.

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According to him, his opponents ridiculed him saying it was a political gimmick and could only be possible in 20 years.

But nine years down the line Akufo-Addo’s dream has come to pass today [Tuesday], September 12, 2017, after he officially launched the policy at the West African Senior Secondary School in Accra.

[contextly_sidebar id=”anuoDLFcRDscnKiEMc1WblLy167oxDGb”]“When I proposed this policy in 2008 many were those who said free SHS could not be done. The idea was ridiculed and described by propagandists as a vote buying gimmick even though ironically it did not win me that election. I was labeled a liar by my opponents who went on to state that free SHS could only be possible in 20 years’ time,” he recalled.

President Akufo-Addo said despite the ridiculing, Ghanaians believed in his dream and gave him the mandate to turn it into reality.

“…The Ghanaian people were discerning and believed it was possible. The culmination of that belief inter alia, resulted in the decisive victory won by the New Patriotic Party and my good self in the election of 2016.”

The President said he made the promise because he knows that knowledge and talent are not the preserve of the rich, adding that “free education widens the gate of opportunities to every child especially those whose talents are arrested because of poverty.”

Although he said no government will be able to make every citizen rich, it can only do that indirectly by creating opportunities which includes education.

“A government will not be able to make every citizen rich, but with political will and responsible leadership, a government can help create a society of opportunities and empowerment of every citizen. And I know no better way to do that than to improve access to education,” he added.

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