The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has commemorated the 54th anniversary of the passing of its founder and first President of Ghana, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
The man who led Ghana to independence 69 years ago died on April 27, 1972, in Bucharest, Romania, after he was overthrown in a coup d’etat by the then United Party (UP), now the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
In a press statement issued on Monday, April 27, 2026, from the Office of the 1st Vice President, in charge of Finance, it said although Osagyefo has passed on several decades ago, his “ideas are buried in the heart of every African who refuses to accept poverty, neo-colonialism, and disunity as our destiny.”
The statement criticised the ongoing xenophobic attacks on Ghanaians in South Africa, linking it to what it described as the betrayal Ghana’s first President warned the continent against. “Africa must unite, or perish.”
Joyce Larbi, the 1st Vice Chair, admonished party members to reorganise from the base and recruit new members before May Day, to complete Dr. Nkrumah’s unfinished business, while urging them to pay their dues to help leadership run the party.
She was confident the CPP will win the 2028 elections if they put their arsenal to good use.
Find below the full statement issued from the party:
CONVENTION PEOPLE’S PARTY (CPP)
“Forward Ever, Backward Never”
Office of the 1st Vice Chairperson, Finance
PRESS STATEMENT
Date: 27 April 2026
CPP REMEMBERS OSAGYEFO DR. KWAME NKRUMAH: 54 YEARS ON, HIS VISION REMAINS OUR COMPASS
Today, 27th April 2026, the Convention People’s Party and the entire African world mark 54 years since the physical passing of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in Bucharest, Romania, in 1972.
1. Nkrumah Lives:
Nkrumah did not die. He multiplied into millions of Africans who still believe that “the independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of the African continent.”
His body was buried in Nkroful, then Accra, but his ideas are buried in the heart of every African who refuses to accept poverty, neo-colonialism, and disunity as our destiny.
2. Why 27th April Matters in 2026:
We remember Nkrumah today while Ghanaians in South Africa face xenophobic attacks. This is the very betrayal of Pan-Africanism he warned against. In 1963 he told us: “Africa must unite, or perish.”
The attacks in KwaZulu-Natal this week prove that disunity is death. Nkrumah’s United States of Africa remains the only insurance against Africans killing Africans.
3. Nkrumah’s Unfinished Work:
As CPP rebuilds under the mandate of the Council of Elders and National Working Committee, we recommit to Nkrumah’s 3 pillars:
1. Political Freedom: One Africa, one voice in global affairs.
2. Economic Independence: Control of our resources. is our small step to fund CPP without foreign donors – Nkrumah’s “self-reliance” in 2026.
3. Social Justice: Free education, health, and jobs. No Ghanaian should flee to SA because Ghana failed them.
4. Our Charge to CPP Members:
To every Nkrumaist: Today is not for tears. It is for work.
1. Pay your dues to your branch. Nkrumah built CPP with dues, not donor funds.
2. Organize your area: One member, recruit one member before May Day.
3. Defend Africans everywhere: Call the Ghana High Commission +27 12 342 5847 if you know Ghanaians in SA at risk.
5. To Ghana and Africa:
Nkrumah gave us the blueprint. The AU has the Agenda 2063. What is missing is political will. The CPP declares: We are that will. We will contest 2028 not just to win Ghana, but to revive Nkrumah’s dream of African unity.
As he said on 24th February 1966: “The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.”
Let us unite. Let us build. Let us win.
Osagyefo never dies.
Forward Ever, Backward Never!
Mrs Joyce Larbie ]
1st Vice Chairperson, Finance
Convention People’s Party (CPP)
National Working Committee
National Secretariat: House No. 70, Mango Tree Street, Asylum Down, Accra | GPS: GA-027-2893
Tel: +233 243338976
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