CPP (Party in Ghana)
The Convention People's Party (CPP) (Akan: Apam Nkorɔfo Kuw) is a socialist political party in Ghana based on the ideas of former President Kwame Nkrumah.
The CPP was formed on 12 June 1949 by Kwame Nkrumah to campaign for the independence of the Gold Coast. It was the governing party under Kwame Nkrumah of the autonomous British colony of the Gold Coast from 1951 to 1957, and independent Ghana from 1957 to 1966. In 1964 the constitution was changed to make the CPP the only legal party in Ghana, making the nation a one-party state. The party was banned after the 24 February 1966 coup d'état by the National Liberation Council. Parties following in its tradition have used various names. The party was reformed from some of the Nkrumah factions in 1996. |
It was the first party to rule Ghana after independence. The CPP started as a vehicle of emancipation of the nation and the whole of Africa. It sees itself as a mass party that embraces farmers, fishermen, the rural folks, the rich and the poor alike.
The United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) had been formed on 4 August 1947 with the goal of bringing about independence for Ghana. Kwame Nkrumah thought the UGCC's opposition to the colonial rulers lacked the necessary vehemence and urgency; he wanted immediate independence.
Breaking from the UGCC on these grounds, he founded the CPP with the motto "self-government now". On 9 January 1950 the CPP called for countrywide boycotts and strikes. In the course of these, two policemen were shot dead, and the CPP leadership was arrested and imprisoned. |
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This only increased Nkrumah's popularity. When general elections were held in 1951, the CPP won decisively, despite the imprisonment of Dr Nkrumah and other party leaders. Nkrumah was subsequently released to form the colony's first African government.
POLITICAL leaders of the CPP
National Chairman: Samia Yaaba Nkrumah First National Vice Chairman: Susan Adu Amankwa Second Vice Chairman: Rodaline Imoro-Ayarna Third Vice Chairman: Mr. Oteng Anane National Treasurer: Seth Gommah National Organiser: Abu Forgor General Secretary: Ivor Kobina Greenstreet National Women's Organiser: Mary Ankomah Boakye Boateng National Youth Organizer: Mohammed Murtala (Suspended)
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Contact
Address House No. 64, Mango Tree Avenue, Asylum Down, Accra, Ghana
Email info@conventionpeoplesparty.org
Tel. +233 302 227763
Web Site www.conventionpeoplesparty.org
Presidential Candidate (2012) Dr. Michael Abu Sakara Foster
Vice Presidential Candidate (2012) Ms. Cherita Sarpong
CPP's colors are white, red and green. Its symbol is a cock and its motto is "Save Ghana now
In the 2008 presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana, the party won one parliamentary seat: that of Samia Nkrumah in the Jomoro constituency. The presidential candidate, Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom, performed below expectation, managing to get 1.4% of total valid votes.
News of 1998
THE BIRTH OF CONVENTION
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Nkrumahist parties in unity has proposed a name for their united Nkrumahist party. The name is Convention Party (CP) with its symbolic white cockerel on red background. This decision was taken at a consultative forum in Accra attended by members of the Supreme Council of Elders, National Working Committee, Central Committees of the parties in unity as well as representatives of the Regional Working Committees. A press statement signed by the Chairman of the Publicity Committee, Mr. Mike Eghan, said the forum also charged the Central and Standing Committees to consider the proposal and submit their comments before May 31, 1998.
Last year the parties’ application to register with the Electoral Commission under the name Convention People’s Party (CPP) was turned down on the grounds that it violated the Political Parties Law under which the names of proscribed political parties’ can’t be adopted. The statement said the forum asked the Supreme Council of Elders to intervene and resolve the impasse in the People’s National Convention (PNC), adding it also recognized Mr. Felix Amoah and other leaders of the PNC who have resigned their positions as members of the Working Committee.
Speaking at the forum, the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Elders, Mr. Kojo Botsio, reiterated his call to members of the parties to commit themselves to the efforts at unity. Meanwhile, the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the PNC, Nii Okoe Afotey, has also resigned from the party over what he calls “the machinations of some leading members of the party against the efforts to re-unite all Nkrumahist political parties."
Address House No. 64, Mango Tree Avenue, Asylum Down, Accra, Ghana
Email info@conventionpeoplesparty.org
Tel. +233 302 227763
Web Site www.conventionpeoplesparty.org
Presidential Candidate (2012) Dr. Michael Abu Sakara Foster
Vice Presidential Candidate (2012) Ms. Cherita Sarpong
CPP's colors are white, red and green. Its symbol is a cock and its motto is "Save Ghana now
In the 2008 presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana, the party won one parliamentary seat: that of Samia Nkrumah in the Jomoro constituency. The presidential candidate, Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom, performed below expectation, managing to get 1.4% of total valid votes.
News of 1998
THE BIRTH OF CONVENTION
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Nkrumahist parties in unity has proposed a name for their united Nkrumahist party. The name is Convention Party (CP) with its symbolic white cockerel on red background. This decision was taken at a consultative forum in Accra attended by members of the Supreme Council of Elders, National Working Committee, Central Committees of the parties in unity as well as representatives of the Regional Working Committees. A press statement signed by the Chairman of the Publicity Committee, Mr. Mike Eghan, said the forum also charged the Central and Standing Committees to consider the proposal and submit their comments before May 31, 1998.
Last year the parties’ application to register with the Electoral Commission under the name Convention People’s Party (CPP) was turned down on the grounds that it violated the Political Parties Law under which the names of proscribed political parties’ can’t be adopted. The statement said the forum asked the Supreme Council of Elders to intervene and resolve the impasse in the People’s National Convention (PNC), adding it also recognized Mr. Felix Amoah and other leaders of the PNC who have resigned their positions as members of the Working Committee.
Speaking at the forum, the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Elders, Mr. Kojo Botsio, reiterated his call to members of the parties to commit themselves to the efforts at unity. Meanwhile, the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the PNC, Nii Okoe Afotey, has also resigned from the party over what he calls “the machinations of some leading members of the party against the efforts to re-unite all Nkrumahist political parties."
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