- SECAM President as he Congratulates Ghana
Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo-Besungu, President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has urged Africans to acquire economic independence, respectability and dignity in the committee of nations.
He stated that the fight for the dignity of the African people must not stop only with political independence, but economic independence and other aspects as well.
The Cardinal said this in a congratulatory message to Ghana on the 67th celebration of the country’s Independence Day. He was attending the first annual meeting of SECAM’s Standing Committee for the year 2024 in Accra.
Cardinal Ambongo encouraged Ghanaians to always keep the flame of independence burning for the dignity of all African peoples.
He noted: “Across Africa, especially black Africa, the independence of Ghana allowed the access of other countries to independence, notably the Congo.” The Archbishop of Kinshasa in DR Congo paid tribute to the memory of “the illustrious figure of Kwame Nkrumah who fought hard for the independence of Ghana”. “I know that Patrice Lumumba who is the father of Congo’s independence came here to Accra to exchange and seek ideas from Kwame Nkrumah.”
Cardinal Ambongo added that today we find again on the continent, even in his family in DR Congo, many people named after Kwame Nkrumah. “This shows how much relevance Ghana’s independence has for the entire African continent,” he said.
On behalf of SECAM, the Cardinal congratulated the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference and all the Catholic faithful for their witness and commitment to the Gospel of Christ over the years and wished them and all Ghanaians many happy prosperous returns of the celebration.
