CPP Chairman, Professor Edmund N. Delle expressed shock and total disappointment about the statement attributed to Mr Franklin Jantuah, a member of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s Cabinet.

“The CPP abhors any form of discrimination either based on social class, political affiliation, health status, religious affinity, ethnic background. It is against the spirit and letter of the 1992 Constitution.

“The CPP dissociates the leadership, the Party and the rank and file from the unfortunate statement of Mr Jantuah,” Prof Delle stated.

The last surviving member of the Kwame Nkrumah administration, Mr Jantuah was alleged to have made derogatory remarks about Mr Greenstreet mainly due to his disability.

Prof Delle said the party was committed and pledged its total support for Mr Greenstreet in spite of the disability.

“Mr Greenstreet who served two terms as the General Secretary of the Party has demonstrated his capacity and capability to withstand and overcome all obstacles.

“We believe that the CPP delegates who elected Mr Greenstreet at the Party’s December National Delegates Congress made the right choice, Mr Greenstreet is well prepared and psychologically ready to campaign across the country.

“The party is solidly behind him to project the CPP agenda for victory, CPP alternative agenda for the Ghanaians to consider and elect the Party again to complete the unfinished agenda of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah”.

Prof Delle noted that 59 years after Independence Ghanaians must acknowledge the critical role Persons with Disabilities can play in the nation’s social-economic development.

The CPP Chairman noted that building a sustainable, inclusive country for all requires the full engagement of people of all abilities; “we must work together to transform the country”.

He stressed that the CPP will continue to champion the voices of persons with disabilities; “as we look ahead, we need to strengthen development policies and practices to ensure that accessibility is part of inclusive and sustainable development.

“This requires improving our knowledge of the challenges facing all persons with disabilities – including through more robust, disaggregated data - and ensuring that they are empowered to create and use opportunities.

“Together with persons with disabilities, we can move our nation forward by leaving no one behind”.

Prof Delle called on the electorate not to look at Mr Greenstreet based on his disability but his capabilities as a person.

Source: GNA