CPP urge members to unite

Accra, Mar. 6, GNA - The Convention Peoples Party (CPP) at midnight on
Monday called on members to unite to move the party forward, saying
they should have been the party at the helm of affairs celebrating
fifty years on independence.The message of unity ran through all the
speeches at a vigil organized by the Greater Accra Regional Branch of
the party to usher in the historical celebration of Ghana's 50th
anniversary.
Mr Kwasi Akoto National organiser of the Party told the Ghana News
Agency that under normal circumstances the CPP should be at the helm
of the celebrations for the independence anniversary.The vigil,
attended by leading members of the party as well as guest and
sympathizers was interspersed with hip and high life songs, goodwill
messages from members and words of encouragement from sympathizers.
Dr Agyeman Badu Akosa, Former Director General of the Ghana Health
Service, who affirmed his commitment to the party, said it was not
good for the CPP to wash its dirty linen in public.
He advised members to unite and be forward looking adding that,
the CPP was the only party that cared about the poor in society."We
should have been the party enacting the independence of Ghana today,"
Dr Akosa said reminding Ghanaians that CPP was the only party that
could save the nation.
Mr. Kwaku Baako Jnr., a member of the party, said the challenge
for the CPP was to look for a way forward for the party expressing
concern about its inability to unite and move forward.He said:
"Fourteen years is too long to continue proving incapable."
Mr Baako, who is also the Managing Editor of the Crusading Guide
renewed his commitment to the party.Prof. Nana Kofi Ayisi, a leading
member of the party noted that the CPP family was one that cared for
one another and still believed in the pan-Africanist philosophy of Dr
Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first President."The NPP/NDC philosophy is the
same," he held, and also pledge continual support for the party,
saying, "The day I cease to believe in God I cease to be a CPP
member."
06 March 07