In Ghana, CPP calls for reviving Nkrumah’s vision — MyJoyOnline
In Ghana, the General Secretary of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Harold Stephen Ato Essun, called on citizens to renew their commitment to the vision of the country’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah, for economic independence, industrialization and African unity. He made the statement ahead of the 117th anniversary of Nkrumah’s birth, which falls on September 21.
According to Essun, unemployment, corruption, economic hardship, inequality and abandoned projects should prompt the country to critically assess how effectively it controls its own resources and determines its economic future. He noted that Nkrumah’s ideas concerned not only Ghana’s liberation from colonial rule, but also Africa’s political and economic emancipation.
Africa’s economic independence
Essun recalled Nkrumah’s statement that Ghana’s independence has no meaning without the total liberation of Africa. According to him, Nkrumah viewed Ghana’s independence as part of a broader African project in which Africans would control their resources, determine their economic future and build economies based on knowledge, industry and unity.
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The CPP general secretary also stressed that without economic independence, Africans remain vulnerable. MyJoyOnline reports on the statement.
CPP legacy
Kwame Nkrumah founded the CPP in 1949 after leaving the United Gold Coast Convention. The party adopted the slogan “Self-Government Now” and mobilized supporters for the independence campaign. The CPP won the 1951 elections, opening Nkrumah’s path to the position of Leader of Government Business and later prime minister, before Ghana declared independence on March 6, 1957.
Essun described education as an important element of Nkrumah’s development program. He urged young people to create businesses and manufacturing enterprises, use technology in education and healthcare, and called on journalists and representatives of creative professions to tell Ghana’s stories to the world through journalism, music, film and art. In Ghana, September 21 is observed as Founder’s Day, a statutory public holiday marking Nkrumah’s birthday.
