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Veteran Ghanaian comedian and media personality Kwaku Sintim-Misa, popularly known as KSM, has called on President John Dramani Mahama to rename Kotoka International Airport, describing its current name as a “disgrace” to Ghana’s history.
In a passionate address on his YouTube channel, KSM argued that the airport should instead be named after Ghana’s first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, to honor his Pan-African legacy and pivotal role in the nation’s independence. He criticized the decision to name the airport after Lieutenant General Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka, who led the 1966 coup that overthrew Nkrumah.
“I hear people are blundering around that they should rename the airport Kwame Nkrumah International Airport. I stand by that. When a person like this leads a country and an airport is built, or they want to name the airport, do you name the airport after the clown who took money from the CIA to overthrow Kwame Nkrumah? Isn’t it a disgrace?” KSM questioned.
He further challenged Kotoka’s significance in Ghana’s history, asking, “What value does Kotoka have in the scheme of national events? He was one of the commanders of some battalion and something like that. But what was his impact before then? I do not think that the national airport should be named after somebody who basically disrupted the Pan-African movement and left Kwame Nkrumah in exile.”
KSM also dismissed the argument that the airport was named after Kotoka because it was the site of his death during a failed coup attempt in 1967. “Somebody came to explain that the airport is where Kotoka lost his life. So that was a landmark where he died. But naming the airport was not because he had done anything magnificent for this country,” he stated.
The comedian emphasized that national landmarks should be named after individuals who have made substantial contributions to the nation, not merely because of their association with a location. “We name a person after something substantial. And I don’t think that anybody deserves the name,” he added.
Source:NKONKONSA.com
