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The
chiefs
and
people
of
Nkroful
in
the
Western
Region
are
demanding
that
NPP’s
running
mate,
Dr.
Matthew
Opoku
Prempeh
goes
to
Nzema
to
apologize
to
the
traditional
leaders
and
the
family
of
Ghana’s
first
president,
Dr
Kwame
Nkrumah.
They
say
his
comments
at
Kumasi
was
an
affront
to
Ghana’s
democracy
which
has
the
potential
to
derail
the
peace
and
unity
of
the
country
and
describe
his
apology
as
hollow.
New
Patriotic
Party
(NPP)
running
mate,
Dr
Matthew
Opoku
Prempeh
sparked
outrage
and
public
disaffection
after
suggesting
that
not
even
Ghana’s
first
President,
Dr
Kwame
Nkrumah
achieved
anything
closer
to
what
President
Akufo
Addo
has
done.
Following
intense
public
backlash,
he
issued
a
statement
last
Friday
to
apologize,
but
this
seems
not
enough
to
placate
some
groups
of
people.
A
group,
the
concerned
youth
of
the
Western
Region
on
Friday,
July
12,
called
for
a
proper
apology
from
him
whilst
urging
the
traditional
leaders
of
the
land
to
add
their
voices
and
also
ban
him
from
their
palaces
in
the
interim.
The
latest
call
is
from
the
Chiefs
and
people
of
Nkroful
who
say
his
comments
on
July
9,
sought
to
undermine,
denigrate
and
humiliate
their
icon,
Osagyefo
Dr.
Kwame
Nkrumah.
Addressing
the
media
on
Sunday
July
14,
at
Nkroful
in
the
Ellembele
District,
the
Chief
of
Nkroful,
Nana
Kwasi
Kutuah
the
fifth
demanded
that
Dr.
Matthew
Opoku
Prempeh
goes
Nzema
to
meet
Nananom
and
the
family
of
Dr
Kwame
Nkrumah
to
render
an
unreserved
apology
to
the
kinsmen
of
the
late
president.
“We
think
that
Dr.
Prempeh
was
not
forthright
with
Ghanaians
when
he
alluded
to
the
fact
that
he
didn’t
mean
to
insult
Dr.
Kwame
Nkrumah.
We
have
also
learned
that
he
has
apologized
to
the
good
people
of
Ghana,
and
you
know
past
presidents
of
Ghana.
We
want
to
demand
that
Dr.
Prempeh,
running
mate
of
NPP
should
come
to
Nkroful
to
come
and
meet
nananom
and
the
family
of
Kwame
Nkrumah
and
make
a
formal
apology
to
us”.
He
has
also
cautioned
political
actors
and
their
followers
to
foster
unity,
peace
and
development.
Meanwhile,
the
District
Chief
Executive
and
NPP
Parliamentary
candidate
for
Ellembelle
Constituency,
Kwasi
Bonzo
says
plans
are
far
advanced
for
Dr
Matthew
Prempeh
to
meet
the
traditional
authorities
in
Nzema
land
to
apologize
particularly
the
Chiefs
and
People
of
Nkroful.
Bonzo
“I
have
spoken
to
him
personally
in
my
capacity
as
Ellembele
DCE
and
he
has
assured
me
that
even
after
his
national
apology,
all
politics
is
local.
He
says
he’s
coming
home,
Kwame
Nkrumah’s
hometown
to
meet
the
chiefs
and
the
elders
in
the
shortest
possible
time
to
render
an
unqualified
apology,
so
that
we
can
all
move
on
us
a
people.
So,
we
are
working
on
fixing
the
date
for
him
to
render
the
apology.
It
had
been
agreed
even
before
this
press
conference”.