The Parliamentary Candidate of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) for the Bosomtwe Constituency, Eric Osei Boateng, has called out the two leading political parties, National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) accusing the two parties of intentionally infiltrating the CPP with a clear intention to weaken its foundational values.
He made the assertion on the Cup of Tea on Ultimate 106.9 FM when the party took its turn to explain its policies ahead of Ghana’s crucial 2024 elections.
Delving into the challenges and future of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) Eric Osei Boateng asserted that the NPP and NDC aim to undermine the legacy of Ghana’s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, who founded the CPP with an agenda of true independence and social justice.
“The NPP and the NDC have tried to infiltrate the CPP and bury the vision of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah,” Boateng told host Julius Caesar Anadem.
According to Eric, the NPP and the NDC deliberately destabilized the CPP’s ranks aware of the far reaching vision of the party’s founder, to unite Africa into a formidable developmental block.
“Ghana’s first president intended to bring Heads of State together so that Africa can be one big force. However, when the two parties realized that they cannot win over the CPP, they used Coup D’etat to overthrow him,”
Eric Osei Boateng argued that the NPP and NDC have ruined the country with nothing to show for their governance of the forth republic.
“The country is now in debt. The IMF has been in control of the economy, and Cost of Living is now unbearable”,”
Highlighting key industrial projects by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, including the Aboso Glass Factory, The Pencil Factory, and the Komenda Sugar Factory; Eric Osei Boateng contended that “, After Kwame Nkrumah, no government has been able to industrialize this country”.
Regional Youth Organizer for the CPP Sulemana Mohammed echoed this sentiment, pointing to Ghana’s political terrain, where parties like the CPP has been sidelined despite the founder’s efforts in developing Ghana.
He lamented that the party which is yet to launch its manifesto less than a month to elections; was currently struggling with a lack of resources and visibility against the well-funded campaigns of the NPP and NDC in this year’s 2024 general elections. However, he assured listeners that the CPP is ready to revive the party with fresh ideas and return to Nkrumah’s ideological roots.
This statement, “The NPP and the NDC have tried to infiltrate the CPP to bury the vision of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah”; captures a frustration shared by many within the CPP and raises questions about the role of third-party influence in Ghana’s multiparty democracy. With growing calls for change and a desire to revitalize Nkrumah’s ideas, the CPP looks to Ghana’s 2024 elections as a transformative opportunity to restore its original vision.
