Forty-five (45) years ago today, President Dr. Hilla Limann was sworn into office on September 24, 1979, after the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, AFRC had been in power for just 112 days in a counter-coup, deposing the Supreme Military Council, SMC II.

According to the late Osahene Boakye Gyan, who was the main architect and driver of the uprising, the original date intended was September 21 in honour of Dr. Nkrumah to install the first legitimate successor of the late founding President of the Republic of Ghana.

However, intelligence picked the activities of some mutineers who were in the ranks of the AFRC and did not want to leave the scene to plot some nefarious activities. Indeed, they came back in 27 months to roll back all the gains of the Limann-led PNP administration.

As we mark this day, may we remember the undying words of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah that "any coup d'etat is an abomination" to constitutional rule. May we remember the memorable words of Dr. Hilla Limann that, "... no one else owes us our living."

Those who usurped power in the name of a Provisional National Defence Council, PNDC ended up rendering the people defenceless, disempowered and impoverished. The verdict is clear - we have no business entertaining adventurism in veiled empty chants of anger, envy, hatred and incompetence.