Sekou Has The Freedom To Join Any Party - Samia Nkrumah

Samia Nkrumah, daughter of Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and Chairperson of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) has come to the aid of her brother, Sekou Nkrumah, volunteering information about his intention to reunite with the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).

There were reports in the media a couple of weeks ago regarding Sekou Nkrumah’s intention to reunite with the NDC after abandoning it to support the 2012 Presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, prior to the general elections last year.

Sekou Nkrumah until his break up with the ruling party was the Deputy Coordinator of the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP).

Samia Nkrumah, speaking in relation to her brother’s intent to rejoin the governing party, told Radio Gold last Friday that his move is legitimate and in respect of the country’s democratic principle, any person has freedom of association.

She said her brother is a free person and expressed no surprise over the reports that he may soon tie the knot with the NDC again.

According to her, “everyone is free to join whatever party they want to. He’s a free person. It is legitimate. This is a multiparty democracy and people are free to join which other party they want to.”

To her, Sekou has made his choice and therefore, she holds nothing against him for leaving his father’s party behind to uphold the tenets of the NDC.

When asked on Radio Gold’s newspaper review whether her brother would have been a formidable force in the CPP, Samia Nkrumah expressed strongly that she has “many brothers. All our membership, all committed members; they are brothers. They are more than brothers. We don’t just need our biological brothers to join us. We need all Ghanaians to believe in us. As many Ghanaians as possible to believe in us and understand that we are going nowhere until we fulfill our mission. And we are ready to serve. We are ready to serve this country.”

She further recounted that her choice to settle with the CPP is intended to “revive Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s vision through the political vehicle he founded and we are happy to do so. And we are ready and prepared. We want to serve our people. And we want to serve them with honesty and sincerity, and we have a lot to offer.”

Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana