The Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, joins the Veterans Association of Ghana (VAG) and other guests at the Cenotaph, Nationalism Park, Osu to observe the day.
JoyNewsRoom has come across a tweep update on the official page of the Vice President in which he talked about the commemoration of the 74th anniversary of the 28th February 1948 Christianborg crossroads shooting incident of some ex-servicemen.
The gruesome killing of the veterans led to a major strike and the call for an end to colonial rule – and a major precursor to the country becoming an independent State on March 6, 1957.
The celebrated World War II veterans and their allied forces in the then Gold Coast Regiment of the Royal West African Frontier Force were demanding their gratuity through street protest when they were killed.
Read the Vice President’s post below;
