Dr. Kofi Busia Interviewed In London About The State Of Ghana After The Overthrow Of Kwame Nkrumah🇬🇭
The National Liberation Council (NLC) having come into power following what is widely acknowledged as a CIA inspired and supported coup, was composed of four army officers and four police officers. It appointed a cabinet of civil servants and promised to restore democratic government as quickly as possible. The NLC decreed a ban on the formation of political parties which remained in force until late 1968, but activity by individual figures began much earlier with the appointment of a succession of committees composed of civil servants and politicians as the first step in the return to civilian and representative rule.
The leaders of the coup that overthrew Nkrumah immediately opened the country's borders and its prison gates to allow the return from exile or release from preventive detention of all opponents of Nkrumah. The National Liberation Council (NLC), composed of four army officers and four police officers, assumed executive power. It appointed a cabinet of civil servants and promised to restore democratic government as quickly as possible. The ban on the formation of political parties remained in force until late 1968, but activity by individual figures began much earlier with the appointment of a succession of committees composed of civil servants and politicians as the first step in the return to civilian and representative rule.
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