Opinions of Monday, 12 March 2007

Columnist: Bolus, Mercy Adede

Learning Resource Center For Kwame Nkrumah

Let’s show our gratitude to late President Kwame Nkrumah for saying positioning Ghana.

Yes, yes, indeed! Ghana is free for ever. Ghanaians everywhere are celebrating our independence 6th March 1957 in style. What a great achievement for the nation. For once, we were all united spiritually doing something everyone enjoyed. This is Peace Perfect Peace indeed! It was so obvious observing from the crowd the euphoric atmosphere and also what a joy for the President Kuffour too who too a gambled about the celeberations but the risk he took has paid off giving him the credibilty. Well done. Yes! Indeed! Ghana is free from all oppression. We are in charge of affairs. Our President was able to lead Ghanaians to celebrate this historic momemts of Ghana in a grand style 50 years on.

Ghana has re- positioned itself among all African nations yet again. Bravo! Thanks to President Kuffour, the Ghana@50 secretariat and his team for ensuring this happen and the entire nation whop responded to the call for celebrations. VIP’s also graced our ocassion for us. Splendid job done.

No African country could have boosted of such a grand celebrations like ours.

At the same time , I’m appealing to all Ghanaians and others that the time has come for all of us to unite again to generously donate towards the building of a learning resources complex suitable for our late President in his birth hometown Nkroful. This would serve as the place for research, children from all over Africa could perhaps visit the site and see how our late President Kwame Nkrumah started life in a humble way but then had aspirations. To sum up our President Nkrumah background , is a true partiort of Ghana thus settign an example for us all through Africa, Everything is possible. Kwame wants the world to know that, whatever one aspire for in life is possible if one go through life the hard way, through endurance and resilience then dream will come true. There is no short short cuts.

Fellow Ghanaians this is not compulsory but a necessary step we need to take to show our gratitude in a tangible way.

Today Ghanaians have the freedom to enjoy life on their home grounds. It actually feels good to say one is going home particularly when one is in diaspora.

Let’s us celebrate and celebrate by all means but we must remember that Ghanaians at the same time need to show this gratitude. The call for now is for people to join in and strategically plan the logistics of this project.

Lets us all share ideas as to how we could make this happen within the next 2 years.

The momentum is taking off right now. Let’s make this dream happen. Let’s us say a big thank you which is tanigble ,a learning resources complex.

email: mercyadede.bolus@tiscali.co.uk