{"id":50089,"date":"2014-09-22T17:47:10","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T17:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=50089"},"modified":"2014-09-22T17:47:10","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T17:47:10","slug":"nkrumahs-policies-hurt-ghana-franklin-cudjoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/nkrumahs-policies-hurt-ghana-franklin-cudjoe\/","title":{"rendered":"Nkrumah\u2019s policies hurt Ghana – Franklin Cudjoe"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Executive Director of IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe, has stated that Ghana\u2019s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was an autocrat whose policies hurt citizens and stalled the development of the nation.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to him, although Dr. Nkrumah supervised the nation’s independence from\u00a0British<\/a>\u00a0colonization in 1957, most of the political and economic decisions he subsequently took when he became President is what led to his overthrow in 1966.<\/p>\n

However, Samia Nkrumah, the chairperson of the Convention People\u2019s Party (CPP) and daughter of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in February this year blamed Ghana\u2019s current economic woes on the overthrow of her father.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

According to her, the situation brought an abrupt end to the economic measures put in place to ensure massive development of the country.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Citi News<\/strong> on Sunday, Ms Nkrumah mentioned that the only means through which Ghana can experience true development<\/strong><\/span><\/a> is for government to revisit and implement the ideals and policies of her father.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”FjRmWy8stjWz0mPJXbqzGLj66X3tY52V”]But Cudjoe insists that \u201cin terms of strategy, in terms of looking out for Ghana, most of the political decisions he made, especially, the ones that relate to extending his presidency, running a one party state, and actually being very autocratic did not help the cause of Ghana at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

These he said, have contributed to the stagnation of the nation\u2019s development since independence.<\/p>\n

He continued saying, \u201c\u2026it\u2019s good to ask questions whether our independence as rushed as it was, was worthwhile.\u201d<\/p>\n

The IMANI boss was quick to clarify that his comments about Dr. Kwame Nkrumah \u201cis not to take away from the gentleman; he is a fine man but I think most of his policies; economic and indeed, political as far as Ghana was concerned did not necessarily help us at all\u2026and I think we\u2019ve got to be brutally frank about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a sharp rebuttal, the Convention people\u2019s Party\u2019s (CPP) Deputy Director of Communications, Ernesto Yeboah chastised Franklin Cudjoe for speaking ill of Dr.\u00a0 Kwame Nkrumah.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cPeople like Franklin Cudjoe don\u2019t cease to amaze me with their consistent hypocrisy especially when they rise up on their high horse to portray Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah as a dictator when not a single example can be given.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yeboah dispelled accusations that Ghana\u2019s first President was a dictator describing them as disingenuous arguments.<\/p>\n

He insisted that every action the late President took was one with \u201cpermission from the people of Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CPPP executive admonished Franklin Cudjoe to re-direct his wrong analysis on the deeds of Dr. Nkrumah to the \u201cNLC [National Liberation Council] decree 119\u2026a decree which up till date confiscates all CPP property across the length and breadth of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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