Central
Regional Propaganda Secretary for the National Democratic Congress
(NDC), Allotey Jacobs has hailed the commemoration of the June 4
Uprising in Ghana.
According to Allotey Jacobs, June 4th was a revolutionary era which marked a historic day in the lives of Ghanaians.
Speaking on Peace FM's "Kokrokoo",
he explained that but for June 4th which was led by former President
Jerry John Rawlings, the country would not have undergone political
transformation.
He was speaking in relation to 35th Anniversary
of the Commemoration of June 4 Uprising, where the former President is
reported to have noted that there has been high spate of corruption in
the country because the NDC neglected its tenet of "service to God and
country."
He also blamed his successor, former President John
Agyekum Kufour for the current economic challenges confronting the
nation, saying; "I have said over and over again that Kufour is
responsible for setting in motion the moral and economic crisis that we
are experiencing today, and I will say it again today. The investigation
that Mills should have initiated never took place. But today let me
give one very visible and concrete example of Kufour’s mismanagement
that we are all feeling the effects of.
When Kufour’s government
removed four noughts from the cedi, he overnight abolished the people’s
economy. He abolished the people’s economy because he abolished the
means to exchange goods below the value of 1,000 old cedis."
Also
addressing the relevance of commemorating the day, Allotey Jacobs
dismissed the suggestion that June 4th may have come to remind Ghanaians
of their late relatives who were unfairly treated by the then
government.
“June 4th was a spontaneous reaction that was
embraced by all and sundry. We all accepted it. I believe that June 4th
still should be celebrated for the reason that it came to change the
course of this country,” he stated.
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