The Conventions People’s Party (CPP) has appealed to government to initiate more action and less sloganeering in addressing the challenges in the country.
According to the party, its founders fought for self-government and liberation from Colonial Rule and today, there is the need for liberation from disease, poverty, and a wanton “dissipation of our natural and mineral resources”.
It also expressed the need to tackle economic mismanagement, high inflation and “a lot more that makes life unbearable in Ghana”.
“The CPP wants to see more action and less sloganeering. Government should deploy the Military to augment the efforts of other Security forces in dealing with the current Security situation.”
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Contained in a statement dated June 12,2022, signed by the party’s General Secretary, Nana Yaa Akyempim Jantuah, the CPP indicated that as a means to curb the menace of terrorism and armed robbery in the country, the party is asking government as a matter of urgency, to roll out a workable roadmap with the Ghana Immigration Service to close all unapproved routes which lead into country.
As it is today, CPP questioned how at a time that the country is fighting terrorists and armed robbery attacks, government is responding with “sloganeering of See Something, Say Something”.
“The Security of the Ghanaian is at risk, there are unprecedented armed robbery attacks in the Northern Region, killings at Bawku and other places and there seems to be a lack of interest and strategy on the part of the NPP government under the leadership of H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo to salvage the issue of Security and also take steps to galvanize all security forces and apparatus to deal with the situation”.
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The party highlighted that a CPP government would have resourced properly the Police Service with adequate logistical support to deal with the devastating security crisis facing the country today.
CPP calls for accountability of COVID-19 funds
In celebration of CPP’s 73rd anniversary, the leadership called for accountability of the COVID -19 funds and all donations that have been made to the Country in the fight against COVID-19. It expressed that there should be full disclosure on how the “COVID largesse have been spent”, as Ghanaians have the right to know.
In relation to this, the party stated that the matter of transparency in the disbursement of funds accrued through the E-Levy must also be disclosed.
“The Government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo should be prudent with our money and differentiate between a WANT AND A NEED to avoid profligate and unwarranted spending which does not inure to the benefit of Ghanaians and Ghana as a whole”.
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Commenting on the Green Ghana Initiative, the party expressed its interest to know the origin and cost implications for the country of the 20 million seedlings and other associated costs.
“On this 73rd Anniversary we call on all Ghanaians especially the Youth of this nation who have been neglected by the NPP government to join hands with the CPP so that we bring a change to the status quo in 2024, indeed experience is the best Teacher. We have done it before and we will do it again”.
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