She has stepped up campaign in the area calling on residents to help her realize the visions of Ghana’s first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah for the constituency and the country.

Samia, who had served as the Chairperson of the Convention People’s Party failed in her attempt to lead the party as its flagbearer in the upcoming December elections.

“I’m into politics because I want to honour the beautiful vision. A beautiful dream that was born on Independence Day, 1957… by the father of Nzemaland, Dr Kwame Nkrumah. So I am in politics because I want to make sure that those great ideas that brought fairness shall be revived again,” she said while addressing constituents.

‘Samia eyes parliament for the second time’

This is the second time the daughter of Ghana’s first President, Samia Nkrumah is seeking to serve as the Member of Parliament for the people of the Jomoro constituency.

In her first bid in 2008, she won the seat and served in parliament but lost the seat in her second attempt in 2012 to the candidate of the National Democratic Congress.

Following her failed attempt to be the flagbearer for the party in the upcoming elections, she returned to the constituency to seek the people’s mandate to represent them in parliament.

 ‘CPP executives divided over Samia bid’

Meanwhile, some executives of the CPP in the Jomoro constituency are divided over Samia’s decision to contest the seat again.

The CPP constituency organizer for Jomoro, Thomas Amochie in an earlier interview said, “Samia Yaba Nkrumah is not listening to some of us but only listen to the constituency youth organizer and we are telling Samia Yaba Nkrumah to change her political lifestyle or else we will advice ourselves.”

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The Director of Communication for CPP, Issifu Kadiri Abdul Rauf told Citi News the party is stepping up its campaign across the country following their clearance from the Electoral Commission to contest in the upcoming elections.

He said the Presidential candidate, Ivor Kobina Greenstreet has also begun work to mobilize the various youth groups within the party to facilitate their campaign activities.

“Ivor Kobina Greenstreet is actually on the campus of the University of Ghana where he is meeting with the leadership of the tertiary chapter of the Convention People’s Party (CPP). We want to draw them into our main campaign so he is meeting them to assess their various needs and how he can support them to be able to execute the election agenda,” he said.

The flagbearer is also expected to hold some private meetings with certain stakeholders on strategies to promote their subsequent campaign activities.

Issifu Kadiri Abdul Rauf said Nana Gabby Nketia “is trying to do some community outreach and also to touch base with some constituencies who are requesting to see him,” in the Volta Region.

He added that the CPP is poised to garner massive votes across the country through their campaign activities ahead of the elections.

The CPP’s presidential candidate, Ivor Greenstreet is among four candidates who were cleared by the Electoral Commission on Monday to contest in the upcoming presidential elections.

‘EC disqualifies 13 aspirants’

The EC disqualified 13 presidential aspirants from contesting in the December polls for their inability to appropriately fill their nomination forms as required by electoral laws.

The EC however cleared the National Democratic Congress’ John Mahama, the New Patriotic Party’s Nana Akufo-Addo, the Convention People’s Party’s (CPP), Ivor Kobina Greenstreet and Jacob Osei Yeboah, an independent candidate to contest in the polls.

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