The Independent People's Party was a political party in

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

. Its leader was Kofi Percival Akpaloo, a Managing Principal for Doveson Lovell & Co. Its offices are based at

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, the capital of the

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of Ghana. The party's emblem was a computer and its motto was "putting people's lives first through technology". It never had any seats in the

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. The party sought to gain seats in the

2012 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on Friday 7 December 2012 to elect a president and members of Parliament in 275 electoral constituencies. Owing to the breakdown of some biometric verification machines, some voters could not vote, and voting ...

of December 2012 but failed to do so. Akpaloo filed to contest in the

2016 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2016 to elect a President of Ghana, President and all 275 Members of Parliament of Ghana, Parliament. They had originally been scheduled for 7 November 2016, but the date was later rejected by P ...

but was one of thirteen candidates who were disqualified by the Electoral Commission. On 1 March 2017, Akpaloo announced that the Independent People's Party was being replaced by the Liberal Party of Ghana.

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External links

Party on Electoral Commission's website
2011 establishments in Ghana 2017 disestablishments in Ghana Defunct political parties in Ghana Defunct liberal political parties Liberal parties in Africa Political parties disestablished in 2017 Political parties established in 2011 {{Ghana-party-stub