Samia, is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jomoro in the Western Region, was in Cape Coast to explain her policies to the delegates when given the nod as the chairperson of the party in the impending National Delegates’ Conference.
The majority of the delegates whispered to The Chronicle, after the meeting, that they would vote for her to manage the affairs of the party that won independence for the country.
Speaking at the meeting, Samia said she would make sure that party structures at the grassroots were vibrant, as against current state of the party, where all offices across the country, including that of Accra, were inactive.
She observed that the constituencies were not part of decision-making in the party, a situation she described as the bane of the poor performances in previous elections.
She stated categorically, that when given the nod, she would revive all the constituencies, and make it attractive to show Ghanaians that the CPP was capable of managing the affairs of the country.
She said she would establish a Constituency Development Fund to serve as a financial base for the party.
According to her, wherever she travels, many well-wishers of the party were promising to assist the party financially if she won the chairmanship race, and called on the delegates to endorse her bid in the impending Delegates’ Conference.
‘People are ready to sponsor CPP, and what they need is transparency and accountability, and the party will be financially sound, if its affairs are properly managed,’ she said, explaining that they should bear in mind that no white man would like to finance the CPP.
The Jomoro MP also advised the CPP to send a clear message to Ghanaians because CPP, she said, as it were, was bequeathed by the First President of Ghana.
She refuted rumours by her critics that she was too young to lead the party, explaining that being too young did not matter, but that they should think about what change she could bring into the party to arrest the dwindling fortunes of the once vibrant party.
She also dispelled the assertion by her critics of wanting to practice dynasty in the CPP, and questioned whether her father was still the president of Ghana.
She, therefore, called on the delegates to ensure that they elect a neutral person to lead the party, adding that there must be drastic change in the leadership of the CPP to make it more attractive to Ghanaians.
A Jomoro Constituency Organiser, who gave his name as Benjamin Fameye, stoke the fire when he asked the delegates to find out from the national executives what they had been using the annual US$50,000 they receive from the Institute of Economic Affairs, as result of CPP representation in Parliament, for.
According to him, the Jomoro Seat was 90% safe for the party in 2012 general elections.
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