Nkrumah Rising's Press Release

NKRUMAH RISING PRAISES CPP AND PNC EXECUTIVES IN THE NORTHEN REGION FOR THEIR

SUPPORT OF THE JUST-ENDED EDUCATIONAL TOUR OF THE NORTHERN REGION TOWARDS THE

UNIFICATION OF THE TWO PARTIES

Nkrumah Rising expressed its thanks to all the Regional and Constituency

Executives of the two Nkrumaist political parties, the CPP and the PNC, and the

major Nkrumaist opinion leaders who received them during their just concluded

tour of the Northern Region.

Nkrumah Rising’s tour was a collaborative effort between themselves and the

Northern Regional Executives of the CPP and PNC with the objective of

concretizing last month’s public declaration on unity by educating the

constituents on how to operate as a single political party through the process

of “learning by doing”. This followed last month’s public declaration and

commitment by the regional and constituency executives of both parties to work

towards unity.

A joint-select team from the regional offices of the PNC and CPP, assisted by

Nkrumah Rising, embarked on an educational tour throughout the entire 26

constituencies of the Northern Region to achieve this.

On the ground the team observed that in some constituencies both the

constituency executives and the public did not see any difference between the

two parties. In other constituencies the team encountered incidents where one

individual held executive positions in both parties with the consent of the

other executives. What was remarkable was that these executives didn’t see

anything remarkable about it since both parties identified with Nkrumah and his

ideas. In other words, they felt ‘at home’ ideologically in either party. They

did however lament that if they could field one Parliamentary candidate, they

could enhance their chances of winning the seat. As they begin to work together

they expect their support base to grow and many of those that have drifted to

the other parties to return.

Overall, Nkrumah Rising was astonished by the immense sense of frustration at

the continued decline of both parties, the strong enthusiasm for unification and

the firm determination to win political power instead of “topping-up” the votes

of the other political parties.

Nkrumah Rising extends its’ sincere gratitude to the Executives who facilitated

our work and trusts that our collective efforts will not be in vain.

Nkrumah Rising is an organization composed of CPP and PNC elements that has as

one of it’s mandates the goal of creating sufficient internal pressure at the

grassroots level within both the PNC and CPP to bring about the total

unification of the two political parties. Nkrumah Rising eschews the top-down

approach that has been favoured and unsuccessful in efforts to achieve unity

between the two political parties, since 1992.It believes that any meaningful

and ultimately successful attempt at unity must involve the effective

participation of the grassroots. Since September 2009, its travelling team has

been moving across parts of the country to awaken the grassroots to the power

they have to do two things: firstly, to take the initiative in the efforts to

unite; and secondly to assist by various means the leadership of the PNC and CPP

to implement the will of the grassroots by uniting the two political parties.

Nkrumah Rising invites all genuine Nkrumaists to support these efforts to bless

the legal union between the CPP and the PNC.

Comrade George Boadu Adutwum

Facilitator – Nkrumah Rising

Tel: 0547952511

Cc: Comrade Kadiri Abdulrauf Issifu

Secretary – Nkrumah Rising

Tel: 0547952512

Email: NkrumahRising@Yahoo.com

Cc: Hon. Samia Nkrumah

MP for Jomorro, Western Region