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\u201cThe Holidays Amendment Bill 2018 is duly read for the third time and passed,\u201d Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Aaron Ocquaye said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minority had accused government of trying to rewrite the country\u2019s history with the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minority in Parliament on Friday staged\u00a0a walkout\u00a0for the second time to express their disapproval for the holiday Amendment Bill which seeks to scrap Republic and AU days as public holidays and introduce August 4 as Founders\u2019 Day and January 7 as Constitution Day leaving September 21 as a commemorative day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Democratic Congress (NDC), known for its support for Nkrumaist ideals, said the move is an\u00a0attempt to distort\u00a0Ghana\u2019s history.

The Member of Parliament for Adansi-Asokwa, K.T Hammond last week mounted a\u00a0spirited defence\u00a0for the government\u2019s holidays Amendment Bill insisting that there was no way Ghana\u2019s first President, Kwame Nkrumah will be recognized as the only founder of the country<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KT Hammond insisted that the argument by the Minority was flawed simply because the amendment has the backing of many historians in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is an extremely poor analogy by the Minority which is rather annoying a number of historians in this country. Let us get history right, how will you say there is only one founder of Ghana? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We [NPP] of our [Dombo-Busia] tradition will never accept that Kwame Nkrumah was the founder of Ghana. He was one of them. Among the lot, I will not even say he is the Primus inter pares. We have Paa Grant and JB Danquah, Ako Adjei putting together resources to bring you from the diaspora, how do you come and say you are the person who started the talk. We will never agree\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Holiday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have been varied views on the celebration of the Constitution Day.
The Head of European Studies at the University of Ghana, Prof. Yaw Gyampo, in a statement on the matter said the celebration of Constitution Day is a celebration of \u201cmediocrity\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government contended that celebrating the day as Founder\u2019s day with Ghana\u2019s independence achievement credited solely to Nkrumah was wrong as others including the Dr. J.B. Danquah also played key roles in the country\u2019s independence<\/a> struggle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some persons and groups including the Convention People\u2019s Party which was formed by Kwame Nkrumah criticized the government for the declaration, describing it as an attempt to alter the country\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe Holidays Amendment Bill 2018 is duly read for the third time and passed,\u201d Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Aaron Ocquaye said. 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