Minority Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, is wondering why the ruling government is insisting on 'distorting' the history of the country.

The Minority in Parliament staged a walkout on Thursday to express their disapproval for the holiday Amendment Bill currently before the House which seeks to scrap Republic and AU days as public holidays and introduce August 4 as Founders’ Day and January 7 as Constitution Day leaving September 21 as a commemorative day.

Giving a further explanation on why they decided to walk out, Ablakwa who doubles as the Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency said the minority will not be part of a deliberate attempt to change the history of the country.

“We did not want to be part of this sacrilegious endeavour . . . we are not saying Kwame Nkrumah did all the work, but there is somebody who stands out who is a trailblazer and that is why we said we will not be part of this sacrilegious mission,” he emphasised.

According to him, “there is a clear attempt to distort our history; attempt to downgrade what Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah stood for. We must take cognizance in the fact that this case has been long settled in our records; national archives. These are matters that have been settled and the attempt to distort history will not help anybody.”

He said instead of distorting Ghana’s history, the ruling government should concentrate on what really matters.

“At this juncture of our history, the people of Ghana want government to be thinking of the insecurity in this country, depreciation of the currency, how we can change the structure of this economy; create jobs for teeming youth, but all their doing is to distort history; totally needless. The lack of logic; legal jurisprudence; there is really no basis in what is being done . . . It is mind-boggling and shocking; you cannot understand what is going on,” he added while speaking on Citi Eyewitness news programme.