Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has urged Ghanaians to rise up and speak out against social problems.
At a ceremony to commemorate the June 4th uprising at the Dr. Bannerman Park at Korle Gonno, in Accra, he insisted the current government has failed in its mandate, reemphasising the similarities in the current happenings to what led to the uprising in 1979.
For the first time, the NDC celebrated the day without the founder Jerry John Rawlings following his demise last year.
His absence, according to Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, “evokes emotions.”He said the last time it was celebrated with the founder, he admonished the party to keep the principles that necessitated the June 4th uprising, emphasising the need to stand for probity and accountability and social justice.
He said there is every indication to rise up to ask the government to fix the country because the difficulty citizens are going through can not be different from what led to the uprising in 1979.
For her part, Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle, Dr. Zenator Agyemang Rawlings, re-echoed the similarities of the difficulty the country is going through to the days of the revolution.
According to the MP, Akufo-government Addo has failed to set the correct priorities, which has resulted in the country’s economic difficulties.
The fact that the founder, Jerry John Rawlings, was not present on the day served as a reminder that “no one lives forever, but principles do.”
She added, the day should be a reminder of what the day stood for, stressing the June 4th uprising and similar events elsewhere did not happen in a vacuum but circumstances led to the development.
She said the principles for developing a country are set out already, so the government has no excuse to fail the people.
The June 4th Revolution, also known as the June 4th Uprising, occurred in Ghana in 1979, and was sparked by a mix of corruption, bad governance, popular dissatisfaction, and a lack of discipline and frustration within the Ghanaian army.
