CPP marks Positive Action

The

Convention People’s Party on Sunday 8th January 2012 marked the 62nd Anniverssary of

“Positive Action”.The event was symbolically held outside the James Town Mantse’s

Palace (Mantse Agbonaa) and opposite James Fort Prison.James Fort Prison was where

Dr Kwame Nkrumah was imprisoned after declaring “Positive Action” and the events

that followed his declaration. In 1950 Dr Nkrumah declared “Positive Action”, with a

campaign which involved a boycott of foreign businesses, non co-operation with the

colonial government and a general workers’ strike. Public services were disrupted

and when rioting occurred Nkrumah and other CPP Leaders were arrested and

imprisoned.The sunday event was hosted by CPP Odododiodoo constituency lead by

Chairman Adams.In attendance were leading members of the CPP including National

Chairperson and Leader, Hon Samia Yaba Nkrumah MP; 1st National Chairperson, Susan

Adu-Amankwah; 2nd National Vice Chairperson, Rodaline Imoru–Ayarna; National

Organiser, Abu Forgor; National Organising Committee Chairman, Dr Abu Sakara; Dr Nii

Gborbilor Fleisher, former CPP Greater Accra Regional Chairman; Prof K. Asari, CPP

Central Committee Member; Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso; Greater Accra Regional Executive

members, Constituency Executive members, party members and sympathisers, as well as

members of the general public.The party paid a courtesy call on the James Town

Mantse – obrempong Nii Kojo Ababio V.The Paramount Chief was happy to receive the

CPP delegation and wished the Party well.A Brass Band procession through the local

streets attracted a following of mostly young people to Mantse Agbonaa, to see and

listen to the CPP Leader, Samia Nkrumah and her colleagues from the CPP

Leadership.In her address the CPP Chairperson told the crowd she had prayed for

God’s guidance and to grant the Leaders of the CPP the moral courage to carry

through the process of transforming the party, and also the struggle to ensure Ghana

gains control of its natural resources for the benefit of all Ghanaians.Speaker

after speaker hammered home the significance of “Positive Action” and the need to

mark the anniversary.In 1950 Dr Nkrumah had said that as part of the positive action

programme “ The passive sympathy of the masses must be converted into active

participation in the struggle for freedom….”The overwhelming feeling at the

anniversary event was that the goodwill of Ghanaians towards the CPP must be

translated into active support for the party in its quest to renew itself to serve

Ghanaians.“Positive Action” was marked by the CPP in various constituencies across

the country. SIGNED: Nii Armah AkomfrahDirector of Communication