Sam Jonah calls for honest reassessment of General I.K. Acheampong’s leadership

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Business leader and University of Cape Coast Chancellor Sir Sam Jonah has called for a fresh and balanced examination of the leadership of former Head of State General Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, urging Ghanaians to confront the complexities of his time in office. Delivering the Second General I.K. Acheampong Memorial Lecture at the Marriott Hotel in Accra on Friday, November 13, 2026, Sir Jonah said the country needed to move beyond the silence and polarised narratives surrounding the former military leader. He said the lecture offered an opportunity to examine Acheampong’s record, including his policies, achievements and shortcomings. “Our forebears left us a saying for an evening such as this: Se wo were fi na wosankofa a yenkyi. It is not wrong to go back for what you have forgotten. That is what we shall do tonight. We shall break the silence,” he said.