According to them, the pitiful state of the party was as a result of the kind of leadership provided by the chairman.

[contextly_sidebar id=”dFuySxdxs0ZoiQx3eredo1WdTSzCcqCU”]In a statement signed by the secretary of the youth league of the party, Hardi Yakubu, it described Mr. Delle’s leadership as illegitimate.

The youth contended that, Professor Delle was not democratically elected, neither was he elected by popular acclamation in accordance with Article 93 (e) of the party’s constitution.

“You will recall that at the Sunyani Congress in September 2015, he, Edmund Delle contested for the Chairmanship unopposed. Owing to this, he was declared Chairman and Leader without any process to validate his leadership. The process of making him Chairman was irregular and unconstitutional. He did not get the mandate of the people.”

“Not even a popular acclamation was done in the case of Prof Delle. Members therefore did not get the opportunity to accept his Chairmanship and for that matter did not give him their mandate. Prof. Delle has no legitimacy, constitutionally. An illegitimate leader has no interest in the growth of the organization he purports to lead. This explains why the party is where it is today.”

It further called on members of the party to rescue it.

“If we the members do not save the party, it will die a death. This is why I call on you to rise up and rescue the party,” it said.

The Convention People’s Party (CPP), Ghana’s oldest existing political party has in the last few decades failed to make significant impact on Ghana’s political terrain following the death of its founder and first president of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.

The party has seen some of its key members breaking away to form different political parties, further weakening its hold in Ghana’s politics.

Previous merger talks between the CPP and other political parties that share the ‘Nkrumahist’ ideas have failed to materialize.

The party’s performance in the last two elections have been abysmal with many blaming its chairman and 2016 flagbearer, Dr. Kobina Ivor Greenstreet for the outcome, having allegedly done the bidding of a bigger political party.

Meanwhile, the party is considering a proposal for merger with the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), which was founded by Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom; a break-away member of the party and former flagbearer, with the hope of boosting its chances in subsequent elections.

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The Youth League of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) is calling for the immediate removal of the Vice Presidential nominee of the party, Nana Gabby Nsiah Nketia based on his confession on national television he is a card-bearing member of the New Patriotic Party.

According to the League, the announcement undermines the party’s credibility and puts Nana Nketia’s loyalty to the CPP in doubt.

The Secretary of the League told Citi News, “We are quite baffled about how a card-bearing member of another party will be a Vice Presidential candidate our party. We don’t think that is proper. We are asking that he should renounce his membership of the NPP and fully join the CPP or he should be withdrawn immediately,”

But the Director of Communication of the CPP, Issifu Kadiri Abdul Rauf says the confession will not negatively impact on the party’s fortunes.

He said in spite of the confession, the nominee is very committed to the CPP.

“Elections are still won at the polling stations and on the grounds so we have been starling our campaign in such a manner that we go to the people that matter at the grassroots so these kind of allegations that have been leveled against him that he is an NPP is neither here nor there,” he said.

‘Nana Gabby Nsiah Nketia not an NPP member’

Issifu Kadiri Abdul Rauf also said the CPP’s Vice Presidential nominee was not a member of the NPP anymore since the NPP constitution states that members automatically forfeits their membership if they person declares allegiance to another party.

‘CPP chooses Gabby Nketia as running mate’

The Convention People’s Party, (CPP), last week settled on a businessman, Nana Gabby Nketia as the running mate to its presidential candidate Ivor Kobina Greenstreet for the December elections.

Mr. Gabby Nketia, a politician and a businessman, has worked with both the Ghana Armed Forces and the British Army, and is expected to complement the efforts of Mr. Greenstreet, with his international influence to help enhance the party’s chances of winning the elections.

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The Youth League say the nominee’s recent confession that he was a card-bearing member of the New Patriotic Party undermines the party’s credibility and puts his loyalty to the CPP in doubt.

Secretary to the League, Hardi Yakubu told Citi News, Nana Gabby Nsiah Nketia’s confession is an insult to the party.

“We are quite baffled about how a card-bearing member of another party will be a Vice Presidential candidate our party. We don’t think that is proper. We are asking that he should renounce his membership of the NPP and fully join the CPP or he should be withdrawn immediately,” Hardi said.

He added that “we do not see the reason why we would stoop so low to as to go and get a member of another political party who is so proud to announce his card-bearing membership of that political party to come and become our running mate. We think it is an insult to the rank and file of the party,” he added.

Nana Gabby Nsiah Nketiah who was a former adviser to ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor said in an interview on GhoneTV that even though he has agreed to become the CPP’s vice presidential nominee, he is still a card bearing member of the NPP.

The retired diplomat also said he sees nothing wrong with still being a member of the biggest opposition party and being the running mate for the CPP flagbearer.

He is quoted to have said, “Few years ago some NPP leaders including myself and former President Kufuor went to the house of the late Mr. Arkaah to be our running mate and he agreed to do it even though he was not a member of the NPP, so there is nothing wrong with it.”

‘CPP chooses Gabby Nketia as running mate’

The Convention People’s Party, (CPP), last week settled on a businessman, Nana Gabby Nketia as the running mate to its presidential candidate, Ivor Kobina Greenstreet for the December elections.

Mr.  Nketia, a politician and a businessman, has worked with both the Ghana Armed Forces and the British Army, and is expected to complement the efforts of Mr. Greenstreet, with his international influence to help enhance the party’s chances of winning the elections.

The Communications Director of the CPP, Kadir Abdul Rauf Issifu, who confirmed the decision to Citi News said, “The party settled on him because of his level of exposure and maturity. He is an engineer by profession and he has also been working with the Ghana Armed Forces and the British Army so the party is very hopeful that this duo will lead the process of the new political and economic order in the country.”

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