Ghana: Ghanaian author Barima Piesie Okyere-Darko has claimed that Ghana's Independence Day, March 6, was suggested by the late Joseph Boakye Danquah (JB Danquah), one of the founders of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC).
According to Ghana Web, in a recent interview on Channel One TV, Okyere-Darko, the author of "Echoes from the Doyen, JB Danquah to Ghana and Africa," stated that JB Danquah proposed the date because it coincided with the signing of the Bond of 1944. Okyere-Darko emphasized that records from the then Parliament attribute the suggestion of this significant date to JB Danquah and not to Ghana's first President, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
Okyere-Darko elaborated, "6th March is a legacy of JB Danquah. First of all, he (JB Danquah) said that in 1944, and then during the motion of Kwame Nkrumah's independence motion, it was JB who suggested that Ghana should be independent on 6th March 1954. Nkrumah objected to it, but the British accepted it.. I'm talking about the day of independence. It is in the Hansard of the Legislative Assembly, the British also recorded it, I've done my research."
The author further claimed that the name "Ghana" was also suggested by JB Danquah, challenging the common belief that it was coined by Kwame Nkrumah. Additionally, Okyere-Darko asserted that JB Danquah, along with other members of the UGCC, played a pivotal role in proposing the colors of the national flag of Ghana.