Why The CPP Must Choose Prof. Delle

NKRUMAHIST UNITY AGENDA FORUM (NUAF)

PRESS RELEASE ON

WHY THE CPP MUST CHOOSE PROF. DELLE

The Nkrumahist Unity Agenda Forum is a youth movement whose prime

motive is to assist efforts aimed at unifying the Nkrumahists

fraternity especially the CPP. We believe that for the CPP to make an

impact in Ghanaian politics, unity is key. As a youth movement with

in-depth knowledge in the historical antecedence of the CPP, it comes

as a matter of surprise to us and to those who are very familiar with

the history of the CPP, that the party is now relegated to the fringes

of Ghanaian politics. The fundamental questions to which we must find

answers are: why has our party come to this sorry state? Why are we

unable to rescue this one time greatest political party in Africa from

a slow and painful demise? We must be mindful that our inability to

find lasting solutions to the above questions goes to confirm the

popular but erroneous statement that ‘Nkrumah is the CPP and the CPP

is Nkrumah’ which means that the party died the very day Nkrumah was

ousted from power.

In our view, we all have a role to play if indeed we are committed to

Nkrumahism. The time to act is now, for those who defer even before

evening what the morning can accomplish end up taking no steps toward

redeeming themselves from their poor and sad conditions. What the CPP

requires at this critical moment is a robust leadership with great

intellectual and ideological orientation capable of unifying our ranks

and bridging the gap created by the unending internal power struggle.

Only in this can we address the fundamental issues raised. Ghanaians

in general and the youth in particular deserve and demand much more

than what they see in the current state of the CPP. And we will be

failing them if all we do is sit down and bemoan this sorry state of

affairs.

We had indicated in an earlier press release in May this year what we

see as the only way out of the current poor state of the party. Here

we wish to state again emphatically that the NUAF sees Prof. Dr.

Edmund N. Delle as the panacea to our unity crises. Prof. is the only

aspirant to the chair of the CPP who is not aligned to the camp of any

of the party’s presidential hopefuls. It is common knowledge that some

aspirants to the chair have had their neutrality compromised by virtue

of being aligned to one presidential hopeful or the other. This in

effect has incapacitated such chairmanship hopefuls as far as

prosecuting unity within the CPP is concerned. We are all witnesses to

how this issue of belonging to camps affected the political fortunes

of the NPP during election 2008 in this country. It is important

therefore that we do a critical analysis of events in retrospection

and don’t repeat dreadful mistakes that were committed by others.

Prof. Delle is one of the few Ghanaians who have demonstrated an

unflinching commitment and loyalty to the course of Nkrumahism. A man

who has been at the forefront of Nkrumahism as early as 1962 when he

served as the president of the young pioneers. Our current chairman,

Mr. Ladi Nylanda, as far as the records on the ground are concerned

has done very little towards revitalizing the party’s structures

especially at the grass root level. As for Samia, she has not even

been able to assert herself enough as the party’s only

parliamentarian. The publication on the performance of Ghanaian MPs by

Africawatch vindicates the above statement. We think that she does not

have the requisite experience and expertise to man the affairs of the

whole party at this point in time seeing she is struggling even with

just her own constituency.

Prof. Delle, having served as a chairman of the party from 2004 to

2007, brings on board a lot of experience, discipline and growth.

Under his leadership 72% of the constituencies had offices but as we

speak now there has been a significant reduction in the number of

constituencies with offices nationwide. Comrades, let us remember that

the ‘old general’ as we call him has even produced a blueprint that

will be used to address the numerous developmental challanges of the

party.

We of the Nkrumahist Unity Agenda Forum (NUAF) therefore call on all

well meaning Nkrumahists and the delegates in particular, to join

hands in this quest of reversing the party’s fortunes by electing

Prof. Dr. Edmund N. Delle to the chair of the great CPP.

Long live the CPP! Long live Nkrumahism! Long live Ghana!

Issued and signed by:

Ibrahim Mustapha

(Chairman)

John B. A. Agandin

(Secretary)