CPP urges Ghanaians to end NDC-NPP dominance in 2024 elections

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has called on Ghanaians to vote the party into power in the 2024 general election, arguing that its policies offer a better path to economic recovery and national development.

The party said Ghana’s current economic challenges demonstrate the continued relevance of the seven-year development plan introduced by Ghana’s first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, during the 1960s.

Addressing a news conference in Accra to mark the 57th anniversary of the overthrow of Dr Nkrumah’s government, CPP Chairperson Nana Akosua Frimpomaa Sarpong Kumankumah urged voters to end what she described as the political dominance of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

She argued that both major parties had failed to deliver the level of development Ghanaians expected.

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“Enough is enough,” she said, adding that political independence without economic independence was meaningless and that Ghana needed a different approach to development.

According to Nana Akosua Kumankumah, the CPP intends to revive key elements of Dr Nkrumah’s seven-year development plan, which she said was interrupted by the 1966 military coup.

She maintained that many of the developmental projects envisioned under the plan remain relevant and could help restore Ghana’s economic fortunes.

The CPP Chairperson also described the overthrow of Dr Kwame Nkrumah on February 24, 1966, as one of the darkest moments in Ghana’s history, arguing that it halted the country’s development trajectory and contributed to its present economic difficulties.

She announced that the party had scheduled a series of activities throughout March to honour the memory and legacy of Ghana’s first President.

Also speaking at the event, former Deputy Eastern Regional Minister under the Dr Hilla Limann administration, Dr Maxwell Awuku, called for stronger domestic revenue mobilisation to reduce Ghana’s dependence on foreign assistance.

He praised Dr Nkrumah’s economic policies, stating that many of Ghana’s major factories, farms and infrastructure projects were established during his administration, with the Akosombo Dam being the only major project financed through external borrowing.

The CPP’s Director of Communications, Sylvester Sarpong Soprano, appealed to young people to join the party and support its bid to win power in the 2024 general election.