Cape Coast (Central Region), 9 Feb '99 -
Cape Coast (Central Region), 9 Feb '99 - The Convention Party (CP) is not an extension of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr Kwesi Nduom, a member of the party's central committee, has said. Ghanaians must therefore discard the notion that the CP is an extension of the NDC and urged all Nkrumahists to resist any attempts to divide them, Dr. Nduom said at the Central Regional congress of the party which brought together 91 delegates at Cape Coast yesterday. Professor Mawuse Dake, another member of the party's central committee, said the "NDC is alive only because the CPP had disintegrated." ''Nkrumahists are now poised and determined to win the 2000 general elections to put the nation's economy back on a sound footing''. He said it is imperative for all members of the party, especially those entrusted with leadership positions, to show commitment and dedication to enable the CP to achieve its goals. Dr Abubakar Alhassan, another leading member of the party, accused the NDC of "uncontrolled rape" of the nation's resources and of divesting state owned enterprises without consideration to its future implication on the nation. He regretted that the Ghana Sugar Estates Limited (GHASEL) at Komenda, in the region, which provided a source of employment for the youth in that area, "had been allowed to collapse". When voted into power, the CP will provide a better quality of life for Ghanaians. Professor George Hagan, chairman of the party's sub-committee on education, who presided, cautioned members, particularly those holding executive positions, against allowing themselves to be lured into joining the NDC.
