<<Print>>The 2020 Presidential candidate of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Ivor Kobina Greenstreet has cautioned Ghanaians against re-electing President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo or voting for the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, John Mahama in the December 7 elections.
According to him, it will be a complete ''waste of votes'' should Ghanaians elect the President for a second term.
He was also the 2016 flagbearer for the Convention People's Party but lost the bid to become President of the Republic.
Mr. Greenstreet, delivering his acceptance speech during the Congress, also urged Ghanaians to ignore former President John Dramani Mahama, who is contesting the Presidency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
To him, the CPP is the only party that can improve the living conditions of the Ghanaian populace and therefore asked that he will be given the nod to ascend the Presidential seat this year.
''Our country needs the CPP desperately: We are the Only, Only we are the ONLY Party with Alternative policies, Totally Alternative policies that will deliver to the long suffering people of Ghana. We are the only Party that truly represent Your interests which means that A VOTE FOR CPP IS A VOTE FOR YOURSELF. Our country needs a Government that will deliver for All the people of Ghana. Everywhere that we have gone on the campaign trail all we get told is Where is the CPP that will deliver for the people of Ghana? Today we give you our pledge that the CPP will deliver for all Ghanaians'', he further stated categorically.
Read full acceptance speech below:
Ivor Kobina GreenStreet's 2020 Acceptance speech
A VOTE FOR CPP IS A VOTE FOR YOURSELF
Over the weekend the Convention People’s Party (CPP) held its National Congress to elect new leaders and we thank all of those who contributed in making that event a successful program.
We thank the Electoral Commission who kindly and very efficiently oversaw the elections held on a regional basis for the first time due to the Covid 19 crisis.
We also thank the Police who ensured that the event was held safely and incident free.
We thank the Council of Elders in general under the wise leadership of Felix Amoah and his secretary Mallam Issah as well as the Interim Organization Committee (IOC) in particular for the special and committed way they have intervened and solved many of the problems the Party faced prior to Congress. Special thanks go to the energetic and indefatigable R. O. Frimpong Manso, the Chair of the IOC and its members, Madam Salifu Dagarti, Kofi Amponsah, Nana William Buckman, Christian Zigah and their secretary Adjetey Sowah. We also thank the Chairman of the Vetting Committee Professor Nii Noi Dowunna and the Chair and secretary of the Congress Committee Dr Adolf Lutterodt and Justice Kofi Henaku as well as all other members who have availed themselves for all this important work culminating in today.
We also thank the contestants and all Party members and last of all and perhaps most importantly we thank the previous leadership in general and in particular the acting Chair and Leader Hajia Ham Datu and the acting secretary James Kwabena Bomfeh for their very hard and committed work over a significant period of time without which we would not have been able to go to Congress.
To the elected representatives of the party, as well as all Party members I hope that we will all see the urgency of the situation in Ghana and bury all our differences for the sake of the party and the wider cause of our country. After all, the Party is supreme. I for my part say that if I have said or done anything either directly or indirectly which has offended any party member I am sorry. May the spirit of the founders of the party continue to live in us who have taken on the mantle of leadership. Forward ever backwards never.
People of Ghana A VOTE FOR CPP IS A VOTE FOR YOURSELF
For the last 28 years our country has been governed by the NDC and the NPP who have ruled more to serve the interests of they themselves and not the interests of the people of Ghana. In actual fact, voting for the NDC or NPP is a wasted vote. Whereas A VOTE FOR CPP IS A VOTE FOR YOURSELF.
Our country needs the CPP desperately: We are the Only, Only we are the ONLY Party with Alternative policies, Totally Alternative policies that will deliver to the long suffering people of Ghana. We are the only Party that truly represent Your interests which means that A VOTE FOR CPP IS A VOTE FOR YOURSELF.
Our country needs a Government that will deliver for All the people of Ghana
Everywhere that we have gone on the campaign trail all we get told is Where is the CPP that will deliver for the people of Ghana?
Today we give you our pledge that the CPP will deliver for all Ghanaians.
We will deliver the Social justice that will make Ghana a more equal nation:
A VOTE FOR CPP IS A VOTE FOR YOURSELF.
We shall implement the Self-Reliance that this country has been crying out for:
A VOTE FOR CPP IS A VOTE FOR YOURSELF.
We will continue to work towards the African unity that our founding fathers saw as the only way that independent African countries could develop:
A VOTE FOR CPP IS A VOTE FOR YOURSELF.
We will give our people access to good quality healthcare:
A VOTE FOR CPP IS A VOTE FOR YOURSELF.
We will give our people good education and Skills Skills Skills:
A VOTE FOR CPP IS A VOTE FOR YOURSELF.
We will reduce the cost of living and give our people better housing and transportation:
A VOTE FOR CPP IS A VOTE FOR YOURSELF.
The CPP will deliver because our country is a rich country, our country is endowed with all the raw materials BUT, successive governments after the first republic have lacked the resourcefulness, the strategies, the vision and the desire to transform these into sustainable wealth.
The CPP has that vision to take Ghana and Africa into the next steps of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, to leapfrog us into a Future Industrialized First World Nation where the people will forge forward in a new spirit of Work with Happiness.
Today is not the day for making promises our manifesto and other programs, policies and events will come out almost immediately.
Today is the day for Action – the day when the Campaign for Government starts
Forward into victory
Forward ever, Backwards Never
AND REMEMBER AND NEVER FORGET:
A VOTE FOR CPP IS A VOTE FOR YOURSELF