John Mahama highlights how the CIA tried to tear down Ghana

While some of Ghana’s issues have been glaring, including its flailing economy in recent years, some are not as apparent.

Such issues can sometimes be tucked away somewhere in history, and such was the issue highlighted by the country’s recently sworn-in president, John Mahama.

During his independence day speech, the president of Ghana highlighted the US Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) involvement in the country’s history.

He noted that the group had been responsible for the removal of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, a man who is considered the Founder of our nation.

“Fellow compatriots, Independence Day celebrations serve as an opportunity to remember our nation’s struggle for freedom and to honor the sacrifices of our forbearers who led that struggle for self-rule.

It reinforces our national identity, unity, and patriotism while offering a moment for reflection on our progress and the challenges ahead,” he stated.

“It presents an opportunity for us to recount our history, while picking the lessons it teaches, and forging a new path for progress and development. Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the Founder of our nation, envisioned an industrialized, self-reliant Ghana, whose citizens have the highest standard of economic life and the greatest sense of self-esteem, rooted in Pan-African unity.

But on February 24, 1966, a joint military and police coup shattered that dream, plunging Ghana into decades of instability and military takeovers, the verdict of history is now loud and clear: declassified documents from the United states archives reveal that it was a coup inspired and engineered by the CIA,” he added.

The president stated that it continues to be the most unfortunate and dark period in Ghana’s history, as it started a chain of historical occurrences that caused the nation to regress.

He, however, noted that the country has experienced some wins along the way and “blossomed into a fully-fledged democracy with a healthy culture of peaceful power transfers.”