Footage of Colonel Ignatius Acheampong outlining the objectives of the National Redemption Council (NRC) after the overthrow of the civilian government of Dr. Kofi Busia.
Speaking at "Burma Camp", the complex housing the Defence Ministry Headquarters in Accra, Col. Acheampong said that the NRC would hand over to a democratically-elected government as soon as possible. He was flanked by members of the ten-man NRC which consisted of seven army officers and one each from the navy, air force and police.
They were:
1. Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Head of State and Chairman.
2. Major General N. Y. A. Ashley-Larsen, Chief of the Defence Staff.
3. Colonel Emmanuel Alexander Erskine, Chief of Army Staff.
4. Commodore P.F. Quaye, Chief of Naval Staff.
5. Air Commodore Charles Beausoliel, Chief of Air Staff.
6. J. H. Cobbina, Inspector General of Police.
7. Major C.D. Benni, Member.
8. Major Kwame R.M. Baah, Member.
9. Major Anthony Hugh Selormey, Member.
10. Major Kwame B. Agbo, Member.
Text of Acheampong's statement:
"The Government is a military government, which will rule with advice from certain eminent civilians in the country. I would like to emphasise immediately that this coup was not initiated by the armed forces merely to satisfy our selfish ends. As I said in my earlier broadcast, the takeover was occasioned principally by the hypocrisy of the Busia regime, coupled with the inefficient management by that regime of our economy. The malpractices which existed before the 1966 coup are still with us. And there was no prospect of seeing an end of them. Matters got steadily worse, especially in the economic field, and it became obvious that the Busia Government had no clue as to how to arrest the position.
In simple terms, we are almost like a nation at war, without an external enemy. The National Redemption Council have therefore decided to place the economy of Ghana on a war footing. We are soldiers, who know our way of dealing with crisis situations, and that is action. I want to assure the nation that we shall aspire, we shall spare no effort and no sacrifice will be too great for us, in this gigantic task of winning a great economic war."
Source: Reuters News Archive.
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NEW GHANA HEAD OF STATE HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE- 17TH JANUARY, 1972
Colonel Ignatius Acheampong, the officer who led the coup of January 13th 1972, which overthrew the elected government of Dr. Kofi Busia. He became the chairman of the National Redemption Council (NRC) which later metamorphosed into the Supreme Military Council.
Acheampong was deposed by Fred Akuffo in 1978 and along with Akuffo and another former head of state, Akwasi Afrifa, was executed by firing squad by the Armed Forces Ruling Council which came to power in 1979.
Credit: Camera Press Ltd/International Magazine Service (IMS) | Stamped 15 February 1972.
GEN. ACHEAMPONG SWEARS IN THE NEW SMC II AFTER A RESHUFFLE 1975
ASSESS GHANA'S PROGRESS -5 YEAR PLAN
Mayowa AkinsolaIn 1971,Theophilus Danjuma headed a Commonwealth military tribunal that tried suspects after an attempted military coup in Trinidad and Tobago against Prime Minister Eric Williams.The Commonwealth military tribunal headed by Danjuma also included a Ghanaian Colonel named Ignatius Acheampong.Less than a year later Acheampong overthrew Ghana's Ghana's Prime Minister Kofi Busia in a military coup. ****************** The experience of Acheampong while serving on that tribunal were indeed useful lessons in how to stage a coup!
Saturday, August 26th 1972.
Footage of Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong being honoured in the city of Kumasi at a special Durbar organised by the Ghanaian House of Chiefs.
Colonel Acheampong, who seized power from Dr. Kofi Busia in a coup d'etat in January of that year, told his audience that the handover of power to civilians would take place only when the National Redemption Council was satisfied "that firm foundations have been laid both economically and socially for our people".
Among the distinguished chief were Otumfuo Opoku Ware II. King of Ashantiland and the Osei of Avatime traditional area.
Source: Reuters News Archives.
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