PNC, CPP must listen to members to unite, Says PNC MP for Sissala West

Page 14, June 18, 2010
Story: Emmanuel Adu-Gyamerah

THE People’s National Congress (PNC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Sissala West, Mr Haruna Bayirga has said that it will be a wise decision by the leadership of the PNC and the Convention People’s party (CPP) to listen to the call from their members in the regions and come together to present common candidates for the 2012 general elections.
He stated that there was no way any of the fragmented Nkrumahist parties could win power alone.
“If we want to survive in the current political dispensation and win power to implement Nkrumahist ideals, then we have no choice but to unite,” he told the Daily Graphic in an interview.
Mr Bayirga, who is also the National Organiser of the PNC said the celebration of the centenary anniversary of the birth of Dr Kwame Nkrumah would be meaningless if the Nkrumahist did not unite and win power to implement his legacy.
“Policies, such as agriculture, education, industrialisation among others, implemented during the Nkrumah regime were still relevant for the economic survival of Ghana,” he said.
He said that the Nkrumahist tradition was the only one that could water down the tension between the NDC and the NPP.
The MP added that the Nkrumahist family could still boast of people such as Krobo Edusei, Kojo Botsio, Imoro Egala, among other who stood up behind Nkrumah in the 50s and 60s to champion the cause of Ghana and everything possible should be done for an Nkrumahist party to come back to power.