Convention People's Party New Change Plan

The stage was set for the overthrow of the CPP in 1966 in a coup d’état by the National Liberation Council.
After the coup, the CPP was banned.
The CPP remained dissolved till January 29, 1996, when the National Convention Party and the People's Convention Party merged to form a new Convention People's Party The CPP has contested each election since 1996.







At the elections, 7 December 2004, the party won 3 out of 230 seats. Its candidate in the presidential elections, George Aggudey, won only 1.0% of the vote.
In the 2008 presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana, the party won one parliamentary seat; that of Samia Nkrumah in the Jomoro constituency. The presidential candidate, Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom performed below expectation managing to get 1.4% of total valid votes.







Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom is making history, because the founder of Convention People's Party did that to The United Gold Coast Convention when this was not going for his favor.
Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom to part ways with the CPP and to form his own political party. This occurred at a press briefing on the 28th of December 2011 at the Press Centre in Accra. 
The Convention People’s Party recognises the right to free association as guaranteed by Ghana’s 1992 constitution. 
The public declaration separates Dr Nduom from the historic and global tradition of the CPP and all its supporters. The others are protecting and enhancing Ghanaian culture, heritage and institutions; and working relentlessly for political and economic unity of Africa and co-operating with intra-African institutions and agencies.

The statement said: “Leadership hereby calls on all members to stand firm and let us all seize this opportunity to re-claim our identity, remove all doubts about our resolve to bring unity and cohesion to our party and the Nkrumaist tradition. Dr Nduom  quit the CPP and announced his decision to contest the 2012 Presidential election on the ticket of a new political party to be unveiled in two months.

“The NPP (New Patriotic Party) and NDC (National Democratic Congress) may be big established parties, but none of that translates into effective leadership. We wish to ask all voters to make a change by considering the experience and personal attributes we are offering and vote for me to make the difference that they desire in their lives,” he said.

He added: “Our goal is to contest the 2012 general election with a positive, progressive difference force not felt in the Fourth Republic. 
“Let us mobilise with a sense of urgency and work towards reclaiming our rightful place in Ghanaian politics in 2012 and beyond for the benefit of our people  




Samia Nkrumah is someone who need changes for her father's legacy to live as social democratic and as she believes in what her father called "Young Pioneers" the love for your party and country first .
The Convention People’s Party remains committed to its stated ideology and declared aims and objectives including; 

• consolidating, deepening and maintaining the independence and sovereignty of the Republic of Ghana;
• of safeguarding and defending the Constitution of Ghana;
• taking all necessary steps to ensure the political, economic and social progress and stability of Ghana and promote national reconciliation and unity;
• offering Ghanaians a Government based on Nkrumaist principles of self-determination, social justice and Pan-Africanism.
• protecting and enhance Ghanaian culture, heritage and institutions;
• working relentlessly for political and economic unity of Africa and co-operate with intra-African institutions and agencies towards the realization of this goal.

Leadership hereby calls on all members to stand firm and let us all seize this opportunity to re-claim our identity, remove all doubts about our resolve to bring unity and cohesion to our Party and the Nkrumaist tradition. 
Let us mobilize with a sense of urgency and work towards reclaiming our rightful place in Ghanaian politics in 2012 and beyond for the benefit of our people

The Convention People's Party (CPP) is a socialist political party in Ghana, based on the ideas of former President Kwame Nkrumah.

The CPP was formed in 1949 by Kwame Francis Nwai Kofi Nkrumah to campaign for the independence of the Gold Coast. It ruled Ghana from 1957 to 1966. During the latter part of the CPP rule, the constitution was changed to make it the only legal party in Ghana, making the nation a one-party state. The party was banned after the February 24, 1966 coup d'état by the National Liberation Council. Parties following in its tradition have used various names. The party was reformed from some of the Nkrumah factions in 1996.
Nkrumah earned high marks which led to the award of scholarship to study abroad , where he earned  many degrees at the Universities of Lincoln and Pennsylvania  in America.
During this period he worked hard at many jobs, but he felt he must return home to help his Country gain  Independence.
The United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) had been formed in 1947 with the goal of bringing about independence for Ghana. Kwame Nkrumah thought the UGCC's opposition to the colonial rulers lacked the necessary vehemence and urgency; he wanted immediate independence. Breaking from the UGCC on these grounds, he founded the CPP with the motto "self-government now". On 9 January 1950 the CPP called for countrywide boycotts and strikes. In the course of these, two policemen were shot dead, and the CPP leadership was arrested and imprisoned. This only increased Nkrumah's popularity. When general elections were held in 1951, the CPP won decisively despite the imprisonment of Dr Nkrumah and other party leaders. Nkrumah was subsequently released to form the colony's first African government.The final step was heavily rigged referendum in 1964 which made the CPP the only legal party, with Nkrumah as president for life of both nation and party.