The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has paid its respect to the former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, describing him as a revolutionary icon and a foremost fighter for national liberation.
A statement signed by the Chairman, International Relations and Diplomacy Committee of the Party, Kofi Henaku Akuffo, described Mr. Mugabe as an indomitable freedom fighter, who led his people to resist white supremacy and brought independence to the then Rhodesia.
It said Mr. Mugabe indicated his credentials as a Pan Africanist by first coming to work as a teacher in the new independent Ghana and associated with the CPP and the Africa Affairs Bureau of the Ghana Government.
The late Mr. Mugabe translated independence to ensure social and economic justice for his people through land reforms, which led to the imposition of economic sanctions, political and diplomatic blockade.
The statement noted that despite all this, the late President did not relent in efforts towards ensuring that other countries were liberated.
The statement concludes that Mr. Mugabe was a true Pan-Africanist who lived, worked and died for his people and for freedom.
