Tetteh Quarshie<\/a>\u00a0after a time became the breadwinner of Ghana\u2019s economy. It is from that time till today and forever more that Ghana\u2019s economy stands on cocoa. There is no day that cocoa is not mentioned in Ghana. You visit the Cocoa Marketing Board and not even a hall is named after Tetteh Quarshie, not even a floor is named after Tetteh Quarshie.<\/p>\n\u201cThe British government who came to lord over us accorded this man that respect. The Cocoa Marketing Board, which previously used to be called the Ministry of Internal Trade\u2026during the time that Kwame Nkrumah was the Prime Minister, has never accorded Tetteh Quarshie, or honoured him for even establishing that ministry\u2026 And then if you go on to history, you will see that people have been honoured, people have been named after so many places and all these honours came from monies from the cocoa yet the man who brought the cocoa is not honoured in Ghana.\u00a0 That is why the Ghana economy keeps on suffering from spiritual defects. Our problem economically is because we have not accorded the man on whose shoulders the economy has stood and is still standing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He said FPSO Kwame Nkrumah was a acquired with a sovereignty guarantee of cocoa, the Bui Dam has a sovereignty guarantee of cocoa, Akosombo hydro power, the Takoradi Harbour built in 1923 was purposely built to transport cocoa, bauxite, diamond and timber, \u201cyet the man whose money was used for these purposes, has never been accorded the respect.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nii Somua said the family does not benefit in any way from the exploits of their great, great, grandfather, leading to the suffering and early deaths of many in the family, some at age 14, 22.<\/p>\n
Host: You say that our economy is suffering because we have failed to honour Tetteh Quarshie? He was asked.<\/p>\n
Nii Samoa:<\/b>\u00a0Yes please.<\/p>\n
Host:<\/b>\u00a0Why?<\/p>\n
Nii Samoa:<\/b>\u00a0Ah! Don\u2019t you know that even God, first and foremost, you don\u2019t honour God, you don\u2019t respect God, you don\u2019t praise God, what calamity do you expect to befall you?<\/p>\n
Host:<\/b>\u00a0So Tetteh Quarshie is our God, is that it?<\/p>\n
Nii Samoa:<\/b>\u00a0He is the father of our economy. Everything done in Ghana here depends on the economy and the backbone of the economy is what was brought and established by Tetteh Quarshie. Look at the statue of Kwame Nkrumah there, it is Tetteh Quarshie cocoa money. You go to Danquah Circle, Tetteh Quarshie cocoa money, you go to Obetsebi Lamptey (Circle) it is Tetteh Quarshie cocoa money, you look at your airport, you look at everything in Ghana, it\u2019s cocoa money, yet\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUntil we find recognition spiritually, for the image and actually reward Tetteh Quarshie convincingly\u2026 If three people should go in to sign agreement for the oil that we drill and they are given 3% and the 24 million Ghanaians are given 10%, what about the singular effort of Tetteh Quarshie\u2026 why can\u2019t we give Tetteh Quarshie\u2019s family 1%?\u201d<\/p>\n
Rev Dr. Victor Nartey, a Theologian and family member, who supported Nii Samoa\u2019s call, said the only recognition the government of Ghana has given their great kinsman who contributed so much to the national economy is the declaration of Tetteh Quarshie Day, calling the development \u201ca sad story for any right thinking person.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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In what may be considered an outlandish addition to the hordes of explanations as to why the Ghanaian economy is ailing, relations of Tetteh Quarshie, the man credited with the introduction of cocoa into the country say unless he is recognised and honoured appropriately, the economy will continue to yield poor returns. Nii Somua Akropong […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[43],"yoast_head":"\n
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