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| Dr Onsy Kwame Nkrumah |
By
Ekow Mensah
The
language of Samia Yaba Nkrumah, a lady aspiring to be the presidential
Candidate of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) is very strong.
She
says that Dr Onsy Kwame Nkrumah, who claims to be her brother is nothing more
than a “fraudster” who has been infiltrated into the Convention Peoples Party
to destroy it.
Onsy
also counters this with equally strong words describing Samia as a dictator and
a bully who will destroy the CPP if she is elected as the party’s presidential
candidate.
These
bitter words of war spring from what these two politicians claim to be their
strong points in their efforts to become President of Ghana.
They
think that the biological connection to Nkrumah is so important in capturing the leadership of the Convention
Peoples Party and eventually the Presidency of Ghana.
What
they forget is that Nkrumah is not just a biological category, but has
ideological and political parts which are far more important in the political
arena.
What
is more Nkrumah himself was vigorously opposed to any dynastic considerations
in national politics.
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| Ms Samia Nkrumah |
The
CPP has an uphill fast task to perform in this year’s election. It has to move from
below 1 percent to 50 per cent plus one to capture political power.
This
task cannot be accomplished simply because the presidential candidate of the
party claims to be the son or daughter of the founder of the party.
The
task is made easier by a leader who is capable of uniting the party around the
core principles of Pan Africanism, socialism and peace.
The
leader of the party ought to be one who understands the Ghanaian social and
cultural context and is able to effectively communicate with the people.
And
it cannot matter whether the leader is Nkrumah’s daughter, son, nephew, uncle
or school mate.
Unfortunately, both Samia and Onsy believes
that blood relations with Nkrumah is key in the attempt to revive the fortunes
of the CPP.
This is absolutely pedestrian.
Editorial
FAKE STATEMENTS AND LETTERS
What
happened last Thursday was most shameful and it could have serious consequences’
for the development of a society in which free expression is upheld.
Some
strange person or persons put out a fabricated official statement announcing a
major cabinet reshuffle.
Our
telephones got busy with all kinds of people calling to find out if indeed the
reshuffle was true and what the purpose may be.
The
announcement was so strange that we could not believe what had been put out.
How
on earth would the President replace Madam Hannah Tetteh with Ekow Spio Gabrah
as Foreign Minister and what would have prompted the dismissal of both Ben
Kumbour and Haruna Iddrissu?
The
purpose of that strange announcement was most certainly mischief and it is
important to point out that it has happened on many other occasions.
There
was the case of the fabrication of Nana
Akufo Addo’s letter of
resignation as the Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party and the
resignation of Kwabena Agyapong as General Secretary of the same party.
In
one instance the President was photo shopped in a most unpleasant manner.
If
these fabrications continue it will become very difficult to tell the truth
from falsehood and it can undermine even the credibility of the regular media.
Something
must happen real fast to end this spate of fabrications.
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