A defeated presidential aspirant of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP), Samia Nkrumah, says she is ready to serve in any capacity to ensure that the CPP wins power in the November general elections.<\/p>\n
Samia, who is also the former Member of Parliament for Jomoro told Citi News<\/strong> that she is also considering moves to contest the seat again.<\/p>\n She lost the seat to the NDC after just one-term in 2008.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”YXUg8Ak5QDjDLYuiUR7BM0Uo95Qa7CdQ”]\u201cWe have decided to put what happened at the congress behind us and focus on the CPP\u2019s 2016 election campaign. Many of us are willing to serve in whatever capacity, I personally I am looking at going back to contest the Jomoro seat,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n Samia\u2019s presidential ambition was cut short<\/a><\/strong><\/span> after a former General Secretary of the CPP, Ivor Greenstreet won majority votes at the party\u2019s congress to become the flagbearer.<\/p>\n Ivor Greenstreet polled 64.7% of the total votes cast to emerge the presidential candidate while Samia had 29% of the votes.<\/p>\n Samia Nkrumah after her defeat accused Ivor Greenstreet of indulging in vote-buying; a claim that was rejected by second Vice Chairman of the party, Susan Adu Amankwah.<\/p>\n