Immediate past Vice President, Kwesi Bekoe Amissah–Arthur has been chosen to chair the second edition of the Revolutionary Lecture Series on Thursday, May 31st, 2018 as part of activities marking the 39th anniversary of the June 4th uprising.
This year’s event will be held under the theme, “Revolutionary Economic Trends, Ghana in Focus: Past, Present and The Future.”
Former Finance Minister, Professor Kwesi Botchwey and the Executive Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Professor Newman K. Kusi will headline this year’s series by delivering lectures on the theme.The event, which is being organized under the auspices of the Office of the former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings, who is also the Founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is to commemorate the June 4, 1979 uprising.
Professor Botchwey is expected to deliver a lecture on Ghana’s economic and social situation prior to 1983. It will be followed by a review of the economic reforms from 1983 to 1992: Issues, Responses and Outcomes.
Professor Kusi speaking on Ghana’s Economic Growth and Development in the Democratic Environment – Issues, Responses and Outcomes, and a rethinking of Ghana’s development on a sustainable basis.
The Revolutionary Lecture Series is part of the experiences and philosophy of former President Jerry John Rawlings and the revolutionary transition Ghana went through.
The Lecture Series draws revolutionary ideas and experiences from politics, trade & industry, academia, gender, foreign and the global environment with the hope to help transform and shape the national psyche, attitudes, and behaviors.
The lecture will precede a durbar of cadres and revolutionaries at the Madina Social Welfare School Park on Monday, June 4 at 10am. The durbar which will be addressed by the leader of the revolution, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings will be under the theme: Re-organizing towards the Core Values
Both events are open to the public. Sympathizers of the June 4 Uprising and the 31st December revolution, workers students, activists, civil society organizations and public-spirited persons are invited to attend the event.
About Amissah Arthur
Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, is an economist, academic and politician. He was Vice President from 6th August 2012 until 7 January 2017,
Amissah-Arthur was also the Governor of the Bank of Ghana from 2009 to 2012.
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By: citinewsroom.com/Ghana
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