Let’s merge to win 2024 elections

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) Chair, Nana Akosua Frimpomaa Sarpong Kumankumah, has urged the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) to unite with the CPP in order to win the 2024 general election.

She claimed that the population had become impoverished as a result of the eight years of “electoral football” between the National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party, which is why a merger was required to guarantee a return to Ghana’s development trajectory through the tried-and-true ideals of the CPP and PPP.

At the PPP’s 10th Anniversary celebration on Saturday in Elmina, in the Central Region, Nana Sarpong Kumankumah made the call in a message of unity.

“10 Years of Progressive Focus to Bring Change in Ghana’s Democratic Governance – The Way Forward” was the focus of the discussion.

She reiterated the need for the CPP and PPP to put their entrenched ideological differences to rest and work together to rescue the nation’s economy.

The CPP Chairperson regretted the long-standing internal conflicts that resulted in Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom’s regrettable departure from the party to create the PPP.

She praised Dr. Nduom’s valuable services to the CPP’s rank and file and asserted that the story might have been different if he had been with the party for the 2020 elections.

“… But you know that the enemies of progress will go all out to ensure people who mean well for the country will not have their intentions realised,” she said. 

“Nonetheless, I want my presence here to ignite the spirit of Dr Nduom, which is the same as Dr Kwame Nkrumah, for us to merge. I am asking in all humility that all members of the PPP, your intentions are noble and as to why you left, we understand. Come home!” 

According to Nana Kumankumah, a united front is the only way to defeat the NPP, which is now in power but has “failed to meet the ambitions of Ghanaians.”

The masses were demanding for the CPP to return to the government despite its lack of success in past elections, but, according to her, the party’s division, quarrelling, and arguing were impeding its ability to carry out its stated objectives.

She lamented the division and squabbling inside the CPP and pleaded with its top leaders to help revive its prospects in the 2024 elections instead of remaining neutral.

“We must work hard to organise the party and eschew all personal ambitions to ensure its progress, which I strongly stand for.”  

The PPP started discussing a possible merger with the CPP and the Peoples National Convention (PNC) in 2013.

After its leader, Dr. Nduom, was accused of sowing division within the party, it split away from the CPP.

Since the Fourth Republic’s inception, the CPP, a center-left party founded by Ghana’s first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, has had terrible electoral success.