PRESS STATEMENT

January 4th, 2009

CONGRATULATIONS: GHANA

Conference of Nigeria Political Party {CNPP} congratulates Ghanaians for five consecutive successful free, fair and transparent general elections. Ghanaians have in no uncertain terms entered their name in the hall of fame of beacons of democracy in a rudderless and clueless undemocratic African continent.

We salute Ghanaians for their exemplary principled stand and unwavering commitment in upholding the sanctity of Ballot-Box, thus making their votes to count, in the midst of a close election of 50.23%-49.77%, respectively of National Democratic Party and National Patriotic Party.

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CNPP congratulates the Electoral Commission of Ghana {ECG} and Chairman of ECG, Dr Kwadwo Afri-Gyan, for the resolve of the Commission to be truly independent and impartial umpire and thereby conducting free, fair and transparent elections.

Our commendation also goes to the Judiciary in Ghana for serving the cause of justice, upholding the independence of the judiciary, t he doctrine of separation of powers and resisting the temptation of the National Patriotic Party {NPP} to collaborate in truncating the election.

We cannot forget the statemanly and noble role played by President John Kufuor in keeping his head above waters, refusing to manipulate the elections and was not swayed in the face of his party’s defeat.

On this score, we candidly recommend President Kufuor to Mo Ibrahim governance index of good governance, for the highest award.

Lastly but not the least to salute is the winner ,Professor John Atta-Mills for his perseverance, resilience and steadfastness in 2000, 2004 and 2008 presidential elections.

Ghanaian historic democratic growth is a memorable lesson to democratic pretenders like Nigeria, where democracy is vanishing, where the Electoral Commission is a department of the executive, where the judiciary is manipulated and political culture of Do-or-Die reigns. Whereas no life was lost in the Ghanaian elections; Nigeria lost over 2000 lives in 2007 elections and 400 lives in Jos North local government election.

Osita Okechukwu

National Publicity Secretary

CNPP

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