[8][9] Notably includes major assertions from former member and speaker of parliament, Aaron Mike Oquaye, citing the earlier celebrated founder's day as palpably false.
[25] The Open Foundation West Africa launched its Founders Day Ghana writing contest to increase Ghanaian literature of personalities and events on Wikipedia.
[40] The contest, which spans from 1 to 31 August 2020 seeks to create awareness and educate the public on the significance of Founders Day and also encourage the curation of content about Ghana's history.
[41] On Thursday 4 August 2022, to commemorate Ghana's Founding Fathers, the Danquah Institute held a lecture on the theme "The Independence Struggle: Our Heroes and the Fight for Democracy".
[42] However, there has been some contention by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Convention People's Party's (CPP) to cancel it with their premise being that the new holiday is not a true representation of historical facts and is a deliberate attempt by the Akufo-Addo government to rewrite the country's history.
[43] Dr. Samuel Adu-Gyamfi, a senior lecturer in the history and political studies program at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), claims that the president appears to be pursuing an agenda to overexpand the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC), which was founded in 1947 by J.B. Danquah and George Alfred "Paa" Grant.
"The president's move will simply polarize Ghanaians because the proposed celebration lacks a foundation in Ghana's past and won't foster national cohesion," he claimed.