Northern People's Party
The Northern Peoples' Party (NPP ) was a political party in Ghana today.
Despite the identical abbreviation ( NPP) is neither a historical nor a substantive relationship to the New Patriotic Party of Ghana. The was founded in the independence process of the country on the path from the colony of the Gold Coast to Ghana State in 1954 as an opposition party to the Convention People's Party of Kwame Nkrumah.
Creation and policy direction
The NPP was established in 1954 As the naming indicates pursued the NPP essentially represents the interests of people living in the north of present-day Ghana tribes, the ethnic, religious and cultural significantly differed from the southern colonies. The NPP can be attributed to political direction as to refer to the party program of the nearby Muslim Association Party ( MAP). Both parties were founded during the integration of the northern regions in the Gold Coast colony, especially as the educated elite and the elite of the Northern tribes feared addition to the total population to lose from the political alliance with the southern Akan - dominated regions of influence.
The Northern Peoples' Party is classified tradition in the political landscape of the Danquah - Busia.
Election results
The NPP was able to unite a significant potential votes to be both in the elections to the Legislative Assembly ( Legislative Assembley ) on 15 June 1954 and in the elections on 17 July 1956. For the 1954 elections, the NPP won 12 of 104 seats in the Assembly win in 1956 even 15 of the 104 seats. Clear election winner was the Convention People's Party (CPP ), the NPP became the second strongest force in parliament.
After independence in 1957
Soon after the independence of Ghana on March 6, 1957, a law to prevent discrimination ( avoidence of Discrimination Act 1957, CA 38 ) was adopted to operate the then Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah and later president of Ghana. This law prohibiting any group with an orientation based on ethnic, religious, regional or similar purposes with effect from 31 December 1957.
The full title of the Act was:
Law on the Prohibition of organizations that use propaganda to belonging to a tribe, a region, a race or a religion or use to the detriment of a community or to the election of persons because of their membership in a tribe, region or religion or similar securing purposes. (English: An Act to prohibit Organizations using or engaging in tribal, regional, racial and religious propaganda of to the detriment of any community, or Securing the election of persons on account of Their tribal, regional or religious affiliations and for other purpuse connected there with. )
The NPP was due to the significant by a reference to the interests only of the northern Islamic regions of present-day Ghana under the law and has been virtually overnight in an illegal group, although she was represented in Parliament since your election in 1954. Were affected, among other things, the parties Anlo Youth Association, Togoland Congress, Muslim Association Party (MAP) and other organizations, as well as Ga Shifimo Kpee.
NPP - United Party
To go to a party ban out of the way, various parties joined together early in 1958 to the United Party (Ghana). The UP was composed of the following parties and groups:
- National Liberation Movement (NLM )
- Anlo Youth Association ( AYA )
- Togoland Congress ( TC)
- Northern Peoples' Party
- Muslim Association Party
- Ga Shifimo Kpee
With the founding of UP no longer existed officially the NPP. In addition to the successor party to the United Party was in Ghana, only the party Nkrumah, the Convention People's Party (CPP ) from 1958.