Maverick politician Dr. Sekou Nkrumah says more resignations would hit the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) due to the political immaturity of his sister, Samia Yaba Nkrumah who is Chairperson of the party.
Feeling vindicated on his position about his sister?s ability to deliver as the CPP Chairperson, Sekou said ?some of us had pointed out the Chairman’s (Samia’s) inexperience. That is a high position in the party and you need a certain level of exposure and experience to go along with it?.
The CPP has suffered a setback after more of its leading members defect to the breakaway party -the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP) formed by former flag-bearer, Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom after his sudden exit from the party.
The latest to hit the party is that of the CPP?s Women?s Organizer; Mary Ankomah Boakye Boateng who has quit the party to join the PPP.
The former Women?s Organizer according to a statement issued in Accra Tuesday said her action was necessitated by the retrogressive actions of party Chairperson Samia Nkrumah and Ivor Greenstreet, General Secretary whom she accused of pursuing the agenda of other political parties to enable them win the December polls.
Mary Ankomah Boakye Boateng among other things accused the party Chair and General Secretary of selling out the CPP in return for petty cash and handouts.
But the leadership of the CPP said they are not bothered by the machination of the breakaway faction to destroy the party and therefore remains resolute and focused to make the party a more credible political force in the country ahead of the December polls.
However, commenting on the issue on Ekosii Sen programme Tuesday, Sekou Nkrumah said the recent resignations by some leading members of the CPP does not come to him as a surprise and expects other close allies of Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom who are still in the party to follow suit.
According to him, the resignation of the National Women?s Organizer is long overdue and predicted the interdicted National Youth Organizer Mutala Muhammed to resign too.
Sekou Nkrumah said Samia?s attack on Dr. Nduom of being behind schemes to stampede the work of the newly elected executives broke the ranks of the party which he said would affect the political fortunes of the CPP in December.
?Dr. Nduom has taken a chunk of the party?s membership and the little votes the CPP has would be split and fought over by the CPP and PPP?.
Dr. Nkrumah believes all this m?l?e in the CPP would have been avoided if the party Chair had exhibited political maturity by not succumbing to external pressures from people seeking to get Dr. Nduom out of the CPP.
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