Dr Onzy Nkrumah, a son of Ghana's first president, Dr Kwame Nkrrumah has expressed his disappointment over the proposed legislation to Parliament to designate 4th August as instead of Founders' day the initial September 21.

According to Dr Onzy, President Akufo-Addo is being influenced by some persons around him to recognize the UGCC as the founders of Ghana instead of his father.

Speaking on a radio interview, Dr. Onzy said: “This comes as a huge surprise because I know that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the President of Ghana, is knowledgeable enough to know what my father (Nkrumah) did is the foundation and the birthing of Ghana. So why entertain this thought?

“People around him are going to sell to him this theory that if we have more founders then let’s recognise the UGCC as the founders.

“You can’t argue the NPP is the offspring of the UGCC movement, and they can celebrate UGCC as many days of the year as they want, they can celebrate it 365 days of the year, but it can’t be a national event.”

He added: “I don’t mind calling 21st of September as Kwame Nkrumah Day, in fact, I am on record to have said let us call it by its name because that is his officially recognised birthday. He is the founder, he did not seek fame or fortune so there was no need for us to give him a definition of the founder.”

The Founder’s Day versus Founders Day debate has been a longstanding one, and was brought into the limelight in 2017, starting with President Akufo-Addo’s speech delivered at Ghana’s 60th independence anniversary parade.

That speech came under attack over what some said was a skewed account of Ghana’s history to suit his father, Edward Akufo-Addo and uncle, J.B. Danquah, who were critical components in Ghana’s fight for independence and the forebearers of the governing New Patriotic Party’s tradition.

A statement signed by the Director of Communication at the presidency, Mr Eugene Arhin, at the time, said: “... In the meantime, the President has issued an Executive Instrument to commemorate this year’s [2017] celebration of KWAME NKRUMAH MEMORIAL DAY as a public holiday.

“This means Thursday, 21st September, which hitherto was marked as Founders Day will now be celebrated as Nkrumah Memorial Day in honour of Ghana’s first president, Dr Kwame Nkrumah.”