Convention Peoples Party, Ghana

AWARE of the historic task imposed upon us as the legitimate political heirs of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the founder of our nation and great visionary and Pan Africanist;

CONSCIOUS of the history of our people right from dehumanizing slave trade to the era of exploitative colonization and contemporary neo-colonialism;

RECOGNIZE our peoples’ burning desire for economic independence and well-being, full employment, good health delivery, shelter, education and the pursuit of happiness in a free, peaceful and just society;

DETERMINED further to create a new socio-economic order that guarantees equal opportunity for all, ensuring that the welfare of our entire people irrespective of sex, religion, social status or ethnic, is supreme concern of all;

FIRMLY RESOLVED to strengthen the rights of all citizens and ensure transparency at all levels of public administration and providing the opportunity for all groups to participate in the decision making processes locally and nationally;

RESOLVED to attain state power through legitimate means based upon democratic principles for the purpose of establishing a government that rejects all forms of ethnicism, nepotism, elitism, and dictatorship and enthrones the principles of freedom, justice, accountability and competence as the guiding directives of good government;

RESOLVED to guarantee for our entire people full and equal access to the judicious use of our natural resources for the establishment of conditions for social and economic justice, and for the material and spiritual well-being of every citizen;