Ashanti Region CPP Commends Leadership

The Ashanti regional branch of the Convention People's Party (CPP) has praised the national leadership of the party for their efforts to bring all the Nkrumaists under one umbrella to form one strong political party.

It has therefore, asked the national office not to rest until all "men and women of the Nkrumaist family have been grouped together to move forward ever and backward never once again".

This was contained in a statement signed by Mr. Kwadwo Tweneboah and Alhaji Mohammed Yakubu, first and second regional vice-chairman of the party and issued to the press in Kumasi at the weekend.

The regional branch appealed to all genuine Nkrumaists to bury all differences and personal ambitions and join the unity crusade, which would open the way for the ultimate goal of winning power in future.

It said there is no way that a new name other than the CPP could be adopted as being suggested in certain quarters since the only legacy the late Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah left was the CPP, which spearheaded the struggle for independence for the country and was the "beacon of the many development projects."

The statement urged all constituency executive members in Ashanti to visit its regional branch office at Aboabo regularly for information and direction on the unity process and the way forward.

"A tentative programme has been drawn for the regional officials to tour the various constituencies in the region to interact with members," the statement said.