The African Union (AU) has reiterated its commitment to honouring Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah by institutionalizing his birthday as a holiday on the African continent.
The declaration was made by the new AU Chairman Bingu Wa Mutharika after Vice-President John Mahama addressed African Heads of State and Government meeting at the 14th Ordinary Session of the African Union and the 16th Executive Council Meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
According President Wa Mutharika, who is also the President of Malawi, the late Dr. Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana by all stretch of the imagination and standard needed to be glorified because of his contribution to Pan-Africanism and his struggle for African liberation. He said the AU would definitely join Ghana in celebrating Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
AU Commissioner, Dr. Jean Ping in a separate meeting with the Vice-President, said even though he never saw the late Dr. Nkrumah he can stick his neck out that Nkrumah was Africa and Africa was Nkrumah.
He said the Commission through its Commissioner for Social Affairs, Culture and Sports was planning a commemoration for “This Great Man” and would not hesitate to incorporate and assist in whatever programme Ghana would come out with to celebrating Kwame Nkrumah.
Dr. Ping called on Ghana to submit a detailed timeline programme for AU to assist.
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