In a bold and emotionally charged statement marking the 46th anniversary of the historic June 4th Uprising, H.E. Alhaji Said Sinare, former National Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), delivered a fierce and uncompromising critique of Ghana’s political elite. He warned against the ritualistic whitewashing of a day that once demanded radical truth, sacrifice, and accountability.
“We are dangerously flirting with June 4th as though it were a romantic tale, when in truth, it was a rebellion against betrayal, a national exorcism against greed and rot,” Sinare declared. “June 4th is not your ex to flirt with. It is your marriage vow to honour, or face the wrath of history.”
Sinare emphasized that the same moral decay that triggered the 1979 uprising has returned in an even more deceptive and devastating form under the recently ousted Akufo-Addo and Bawumia administration, which he described as “eight years of theft wrapped in tyranny and baptized in propaganda.”
According to the revolutionary stalwart, the former NPP government turned public service into a pyramid scheme for the elite, bankrupting the state while auctioning Ghana’s conscience to the highest bidder. “They made Ghana a republic of slogans and scams, from Cathedral deception to PDS robbery, from digital fantasies to fiscal suicide. What Rawlings and his comrades rose against in 1979 became gospel under Akufo-Addo and Bawumia,” he said.
However, Sinare reserved his praise and hope for President John Dramani Mahama and the newly revived NDC government, whom he hailed as the true spiritual heirs of June 4th. He charged them with the sacred responsibility of rebuilding the moral, economic, and patriotic foundations of the state.
“In Mahama, the flame of Rawlings has found oxygen. In the NDC, the soul of June 4th is once again alive, cleansing the rot, healing the nation, and restoring the broken covenant between the people and power.”
He highlighted recent gains under Mahama’s leadership, including a stabilizing cedi, renewed investor confidence, job creation, and bold anti-corruption signals. These, he said, are signs that Ghana is once again rising under a leadership that understands suffering, listens to the people, and values truth over theatrics.
“To the youth, I say this, June 4th was your inheritance before it became your history. Guard it with your blood, not your boredom. Let no one repackage your revolution as a bedtime story. And never again trust those who left your future in debt while fattening their own futures with your sweat.”
Reflecting on his journey through the trenches of grassroots struggle and the palaces of political power, Sinare issued a grave warning. He reminded the nation that history has an unrelenting way of returning when ignored.
“I have walked the corridors of power and the footpaths of protest. I know, when the people are ignored, history always finds a voice. And that voice is never silent.”
He concluded with a chilling reminder: “Let June 4th interrogate your legacy before history does. This is not a day of convenience, it is a day of conscience. And Ghana must choose, to resurrect it or be consumed by the silence that has killed empires.”
