The National Independence Party (NIP) is a defunct political party in
Ghana
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. It was formed in 1992 in the run up to the inauguration of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. The party came to an end in 1993 following a merger with another Nkrumahist party.
Formation
The NIP was founded in 1992 after the ban on political parties was lifted in May, 1992 by the
Provisional National Defence Council
The Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) was the name of the Ghanaian government after the People's National Party's elected government was overthrown by Jerry Rawlings, the former head of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, in a coup ...
government of
Jerry Rawlings
Jerry John Rawlings (22 June 194712 November 2020) was a Ghanaian military officer and politician who led the country for a brief period in 1979, and then from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as the de ...
. The party was one of many that professed to follow the
Nkrumah ideology. Other parties who also claimed Nkrumah heritage include the
People's National Convention, the
People's Heritage Party
The People's Heritage Party (PHP) was a political party in Ghana.
Formation
The PHP was one of the eight political parties formed when the ban on party politics was lifted in 1992 in Ghana. It claimed to follow the Nkrumahist philosophy.
Electio ...
and the
National Convention Party.
1992 elections
The NIP contested the
1992 Ghanaian presidential election on 3 November 1992. Its presidential nominee was
Kwabena Darko
Kwabena Darko (born 23 October 1942) is an entrepreneur, minister of religion and former politician. He owns the largest privately owned agro-industrial concern in Ghana and is listed in “Who’s Who in World Poultry”. Darko is also known by m ...
, a multimillionaire
entrepreneur
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. Kwabena Darko came fourth, winning 2.8% of the total votes cast. Although the international observers of this election declared it free and fair, the NIP together with three other parties, the
New Patriotic Party
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, the People's National Convention and the People's Heritage Party claimed the elections were fraudulent and went on to boycott the
parliamentary election
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held on 29 December 1992.
Merger
In 1993, during the first year of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, the NIP merged with the People's Heritage Party, another pro-Nkrumah party to form the
People's Convention Party
The People's Convention Party is a former political party in Ghana.
It merged with the National Convention Party in 1996 and became the reformed Convention People's Party
The Convention People's Party (CPP) is a socialist political party i ...
.
See also
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List of political parties in Ghana
This article lists political parties in Ghana.
Ghana has a multi-party system, However, there are two dominant political parties (the National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party), with extreme difficulty for anyone to achieve elect ...
References
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Defunct political parties in Ghana
Political parties established in 1992
1992 in Ghana