BURY POLITICAL DIFFERENCES — ABU SAKARA (PAGE 14)

The first Vice-Chairman of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Dr Abu Sakara, has stated that until the country’s decentralisation process fully evolves, the newly appointed metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs) as well as Members of the Parliament (MPs) must work for the public good.
“Elections are over parties contested on partisan lines and the people of Ghana have chosen those who should represent them in Parliament and the government has also appointed chief executives which the various assemblies have accepted, so it is now time to work as a team for the interest of the people who voted us into office,” he said.
Dr Sakara was speaking during a thank-you durbar in the Jomoro Constituency in honour of Ms Samia Yaaba Nkrumah, the Convention People’ Party (CPP) Member of Parliament (MP).
He asked the MPs and MMDCEs across the country to ensure that the interest of the people superseded their party’s interest.
“This means that there should be a cordial relationship between MPs and DCEs irrespective of their political affiliations, ” he said
He said there were instances in the past when differences between MPs and their DCES had thwarted the progress of their respective communities.
The CPP First Vice-Chairman said until the decentralisation system fully evolved and the MMDCEs competed on their own strength, and MPs retained their seats based on their performances, they should work as a team irrespective of their political affiliations.
He thanked the people of Jomoro for voting massively for Ms Nkrumah as their MP, and gave the assurance that recapturing the Jomoro seat marked a new beginning for the party.
“Ms Nkrumah’s victory means that the spirit of Nkrumah has been rekindled to take up its position in national politics,” Dr Sakara said.
He assured the people that the CPP would ride on the back of Samia’s victory to create the needed environment for the party to triumph in the area, the region and the country as a whole.
For her part, Ms Nkrumah urged the people not to lose hope in the party and “remember that one day Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s CPP would come back to power.
‘’Under no circumstances should any of you lose hope. the future of the party is very bright and with unity, dedication and brotherliness, CPP would become stronger than before,” she said.
Ms Nkrumah also congratulated the Jomoro DCE on his appointment and confirmation, and gave a pledge to work together with him and the assembly and at the same time lobby the government to ensure that members of her constituency had their fair share of the national cake.
“I, therefore, appeal for peace, love and understanding among the party’s supporters and members of the CPP across the country to ensure that the interest of the people of the constituency is served”, she said, and reminded the people that “there is a lot of work to be done, and we have to start somewhere as a team in order not to disappoint the people who had reposed trust in us through the ballot boxes.”
The function was attended by a section of the party’s executives, members of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the constituency and chiefs from various parts of the constituency, who defied the late afternoon downpour, and converged on the park to welcome their MP.