The Convention People’s Party (CPP) have been directed its members to disregard the observation of August 4 as Founders’ Day.

The party leadership believes that the August 4 celebration is an attempt to rewrite the country’s history as it seeks to undermine the role of Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah, in the fight for Ghana’s independence.

The government in March 2019 amended the Public Holiday Act which moved the Founder’s Day celebration, from September 21 to August 4 and the name changed to Founders’ Day.

But the Communications Director for the CPP, Kadr Abdul Rauf says the party will not mark the day.

“It is not an exercise the CPP will want to take delight in. For as long as the law exists, we are not going to recognize it and we will still take the opportunity to remind people that it is an imposition on us. We don’t find any merit in it.”