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Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Legal Practitioner, Bright Oblitei Akwetey has picked nomination forms, and paid GHS 20,000 to contest for flagbearership of the Convention People\u2019s Party (CPP).<\/b><\/p>\n

The CPP has tentatively fixed June 10, 2023, to elect its flagbearer for Ghana\u2019s 2024 general election.<\/p>\n

Mr. Akwetey, a senior CPP member, told after picking the nomination forms that the party needed a flagbearer that would work with the party leadership to boost its fortunes in the 2024 elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe CPP requires a Flagbearer who is dedicated, forward-thinking, disciplined, credible, and capable of radically transforming the current fragile party structures into a formidable, well-tuned election machinery,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

The CPP approved fees for the flagbearership race, which included GHc20,000.00 nomination forms, GHc200,000.00 filing fees, and a GHc230.000.00 grassroots mobilisation money.<\/p>\n

The party opened nominations on April 20, 2023; nominations were picked and filed from April 20 to May 11, 2023; and nominees were vetted from May 12 to 13, 2023, with the National Executive Council meeting scheduled for June 9, 2023.<\/p>\n

The party\u2019s Presidential Delegates Congress will be held on June 10, 2023.<\/p>\n

According to Mr. Akwetey, the CPP needed \u201ca Flagbearer with the capability of removing the credibility gap created in the media by acts of omission and commission by some leading members of the party in recent times, as well as helping build a united, strong, vibrant, and attractive party.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Akwetey, a former Chief State Attorney expressed hopes that his candidature will provide a window of opportunity for party faithful who had been reluctant to participate in party activities to reconsider their stance.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy candidature is a good omen and a golden opportunity for all Nkrumahists to join hands with him and the leadership to build a more disciplined party that is not based on individualistic ego.<\/p>\n

\u201cCPP is larger than all of its members…It will never yield to any personality… the party is paramount, with prospects of reclaiming lost decades for Ghana\u2019s social development,\u201d Mr Akwetey added.<\/p>\n

According to him, Ghana required the CPP to restore the country\u2019s sovereignty and economy. \u201cGhana requires a psychological transformation and sustained efforts aimed at decolonizing the minds of leaders in areas of the national development agenda to create a united and prosperous Ghana.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is now more important than ever to put Nkrumah\u2019s three pillars of self-determination, social justice, and pan-Africanism into action.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cIt is more important than ever to demonstrate in the clearest terms that, after all, the black man is capable of managing his own affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n

He stated that he was ready to lead the CPP to power, saying, \u201cI am capable of marshalling a formidable force in the country with the ability to shoulder with the flagbearers of the National Democratic Congress and the NPP.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Akwetey, who previously investigated and prosecuted economic crimes in Ghana and The Gambia, stated that he had examined the CPP during this time, and concluded that the party\u2019s inability to identify its core objectives, values, and ideologies had been its bane for unappealing performance since the 1992 elections.<\/p>\n

He stated that the CPP would focus on Kwame Nkrumah\u2019s ideals and grassroot membership mobilisation to produce an electorate-friendly message.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Ghana. Legal Practitioner, Bright Oblitei Akwetey has picked nomination forms, and paid GHS 20,000 to contest for flagbearership of the Convention People\u2019s Party (CPP). The CPP has tentatively fixed June 10, 2023, to elect its flagbearer for Ghana\u2019s 2024 general election. 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