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Gen. Ignatius Kutu Acheampong

Head of State · NRC/SMC Chairman

Tenure
13 January 1972 – 5 July 1978
Born
23 September 1931, Kumasi
Died
16 June 1979 (executed)
// Achievements

What they delivered for Ghana

  • 'Yentua' repudiation of colonial-era debts (1972) — nationalist gesture
  • 'Operation Feed Yourself' and 'Operation Feed Your Industries' — agricultural self-sufficiency drive
  • Invested in Kpong Dam and the Tema oil refinery expansion
// Controversies & scandals

Public-record allegations

Summaries of widely reported matters · not verdicts

  • Era of severe 'kalabule' — hoarding, smuggling, and currency black-marketing
  • Proposed the controversial Union Government (UNIGOV) concept in 1978
  • Widespread allegations of enrichment by the ruling military class
  • Executed by firing squad in June 1979 under the AFRC
// End of tenure

Forced out by Gen. Akuffo (palace coup) on 5 July 1978; executed during Rawlings' AFRC 'House-Cleaning' in 1979.

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