CPP asks Ghanaians to work for change in governance

By Kwamina Tandoh, GNA
Accra, May 25, GNA - The Convention People's Party (CPP), on Wednesday, urged Ghanaians to mobilise for a radical change in the way governance is managed in the country.

According to the Nkrumahist party, a massive change in the political leadership of the country was needed to get Ghana back to the development path charted by its first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah.

The leadership of the party, made the call at the 53rd Anniversary of the African Liberation Day in Accra, organised by the CPP in collaboration with the Socialist Forum of Ghana.

Speaking on the theme: 'African Liberation, An unfinished Agenda', to mark the African Union Day, Mr Kwesi Pratt Jnr, a member of the Socialist Forum of Ghana said, the country was in dire need of a national development agenda as poverty and economic hardship had engulfed the nation.

He said since 1992 governments had failed Ghanaians in all sectors of the economy, hence, his call for change to salvage the economy.

'It is our responsibility as Nkrumaists to change the paradigm and struggle and fight for change of government, which will allow us uplift the country to bounce back to its former glory,' Mr Pratt added.

He said Africa's liberation was an unfinished agenda as the resources of Africa was not exploited for its citizen's benefits, adding that, 'Governments over the past 20 years have signed and maintained the foreign exchange retention agreement with mining companies, therefore, 98 per cent goes to the Western world and two per cent remains in the country which hinders development'.

He said this development hindered the progression of the nation when its natural resources was spirited away.

However, he said, these must be utilised to the benefit of Ghanaians.

He called on African's to be committed to the struggle for total liberation that would allow the proper redesigning towards the path to development.

Mr Pratt urged African citizens to unite and represent a dynamic force in the global arena.

Professor Edmund Delle, Chairman of the CPP, assured members of a strong party and called on them to return to the party to join forces together for a successful election 2016.

Africa Day is the annual commemoration of the 1963 founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), presently recognised as the African Union (AU).

GNA