CPP is a sunken ship – Sekou

Sekou Nkrumah, son of Ghana’s first President has called on the leadership and members of the Conventions’ People’s Party (CPP) to "get out from their sunken ship" and strategize on the new way forward.

“I think it’s not a sinking ship, the ship has sunk and I think what they need to do is to get out and consider the options that they have.”

According him, his decision not to partake in their political activities was adequately informed by the difficulties and challenges the CPP were confronted with.

He said: "Long ago, because I returned to Ghana in 1989, I got into politics in the early 90’s so I understand exactly what the CPP has gone through and why it is where it is today so I will personally not waste my time on that platform.”

Sekou, who spoke to Accra based Citi fm Wednesday evening, advised: “It is one of the options they can consider; that is to go into a working relationship with the NDC. The other option is to dissolve the party and go directly into a merger with the NDC because obviously, they are the bigger party with the largest Nkrumahist following for some time now since the early 1990’s.”

He stated that there could however be other options the CPP could consider such as a merger with all the smaller political parties in the country because “when you critically look at them, the CPP and the PNC; they are all of the Nkrumahist stock even the PPP.”

However, Deputy General Secretary of the CPP, Kwame Gyantuah holds a differing opinion insisting that with dedication and commitment, the CPP will regain its relevance in the politics of Ghana.

Reacting to Sekou Nkrumah's comments, he indicated: “It is a huge task, but nothing is impossible where the commitment and the dedication is; It might not come 2016, but it might come 2020. It might come in 2016; nobody can tell what is going to happen in the next four years.”