March 7, 2026, The Convention People’s Party (CPP), on the occasion of Ghana’s 69th Independence Day anniversary, planted an oil palm tree at the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum in Nkroful, the hometown of the party’s founder, as a symbolic gesture of the rebirth and rejuvenation of the CPP.
The occasion drew a large crowd of Nkrumahists from across Ghana and from the diaspora.
The event also marked preparations by the CPP to present a formidable front as a third force in Ghana’s political landscape ahead of the 2028 general elections, decades after the overthrow of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in the 1966 coup d’état.
Speaking at the colourful ceremony at Nkroful, Mr. Moses Andy, Chairman of the National Reorganization Committee, said the move signified the rebirth of the CPP and reminded Ghanaians that “the CPP is not dead but alive because Nkrumah never dies.”
He said as the first mass-based political party in the country, the CPP would register people at the grassroots, strengthen its polling stations and electoral areas, and present a formidable front to wrestle political power in the 2028 general elections.
Mr. Andy added that the Western Region, and Nzema in particular, deserved better development, noting that the region abounds in many natural resources.
Nana Mireku Tumi, Western Regional Chairman of the CPP, said Dr. Kwame Nkrumah planted an oil palm tree at Saltpond, the cradle of the CPP, as a symbol of how the CPP in Ghana and across Africa would grow in leaps and bounds as the tree grew.
He said factories established by the CPP government, from the Pwalugu Tomato Factory to the Esiama Oil Mills, operated in three shifts within a 24-hour economy.
Nana Tumi noted that the unemployment gap in the country remains huge and is a major driver of illegal mining activities, popularly known as galamsey. He therefore urged the government to create more jobs for the many unemployed youth who graduate from school each year.
Mr. Osei Kofi Acquah, the National Communications Director of the CPP, said since the two major political parties governing the country lack a consistent plan, the nation has become heavily reliant on loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
He said under Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, countries such as Japan, Malaysia, and Guinea, among others, used to come to Ghana for loans.
Mr. Acquah said the 1966 coup d’état was unfortunate as it led to the economic stagnation of the nation.
He said the national and regional executives of the CPP had embarked on Operation Rebirth, Reconciliation and Reorganization (RRR) of the party and appealed to all Ghanaians who admire Nkrumah and his ideals of freedom and development to register with the CPP to help win the 2028 general elections and restore hope and confidence in the Ghanaian people.
The Abusuakpanyinli of Nkroful, Nana Senzah Erza, who spoke on behalf of the Chief of Nkroful, Nana Kwasi Kutua, said Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah made the Western Region and the Nzema people proud through massive economic initiatives that transformed lives in Ghana and across Africa.
He said it was a noble idea to revive and rejuvenate the CPP, describing it as a restoration of ideas of hope, job creation, infrastructural development, and economic emancipation.
By Nzema Today
