THE UNTOLD STORIES ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION OF AKOSOMBO DAM

The untold story about the construction of akosombo dam reveals

Jun 26, 2012 • By Iddrissu Abubakari Jara •

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The history of the construction of Akosombo Dam was not known to many young Ghanaians especially the untold story about the difficulties the construction company, Kaiser Industries Corporation for Valco and government of Ghana led by Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah went through to make sure the project succeed.
According to an eye witness who was a student and the grand servant of Sheikh Ibrahim Niass, Sheikh Mohammed Salis Shaban explained that Sheikh Ibrahim Niass was on a state visit to Ghana on an invitation by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah to provide a intervention in the stampede of the construction of the dam believed to be in control by evil forces inhabiting the place.
According to Sheikh Salis Shaban who was also the intermediary, the messenger and the translator between Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and Sheikh Ibrahim Niass, Dr. Nkrumah commissioned the preliminary work to begin the construction of dam on the 22nd January, 1962 and the first parliament of Ghana approved the master agreement between Ghana and Valco.
He was speaking at the maiden Sheikh Ibrahim Niass Memorial lectures in Accra last week to mark the annual "Maulid" birthday commemoration under the theme "Sheikh Ibrahim Niass; the untold story about the  construction of Akosombo Dam"
He said the construction of the dam claimed many lives of people working with the construction company, destroying properties belonging to the company and the government running out of resources.

He indicated that after the day's work was over, the following morning when workers report to work and to found that work has been taken back to the very first beginning of the project started.
He said when Sheikh Ibrahim Niass was taken to the site where the construction was taken place, according to him (the eye witness) and what he saw Sheikh Niass did the necessary supplications and ordered the evil spirit to leave the place and never come back.
The eye witness said after Sheikh had provided his spiritual prayers he assured Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and the contractors of success. Adding that work started progress and there was no complain from the contractors after Sheikh Ibrahim Niass visit to the place.
Meanwhile the personal physician to Dr. Kwame Nkrumah who was present at the memorial lectures described Sheikh Ibrahim Niass as great man and a very good man.
Dr. Morton observed Sheikh Niass contribution in the Islamic world as unflinching and urged all Muslims both men and women to go into research and follow the path of Sheikh of ensuring peace in the world.
Sheikh Ibrahim Niass was a leaders and modern renaissance of Islamic spirituality, Sufism, khalifa of Tijania suffi order and west Africa's most renowned Islamic scholar of the 20th century.