The People’s National Convention (PNC) and the EGLE Party have formed an alliance in their bid to attract other Nkrumaist elements and progressive forces to contest and win the next general elections.

The move was jointly announced by two leading members, Dr Edward Mahama, leader of the PNC and Mr Danny Ofori-Atta, Chairman of Council of Elders of EGLE party at a news conference at the headquarters of the PNC in Accra yesterday.

Explaining the reason behind the alliance, Mr Ofori-Atta, said the decision was arrived at after careful appraisal of the past, present political scenes of the country which consist of UP and CPP traditions and progressive alliance.

"By this decision we are opening the door for other splinter groups of our tradition and all progressive forces to come on board thereby paving the way for the formation of the grand coalition", he stressed.

He said with the NPP, which is of the UP tradition in power, “the rest of us outside government are of Nkrumaist tradition and the progressive alliance” needs to form a group of selfless individuals to provide efficient management of the resources for the benefit of the people.

Mr Ofori-Atta said various committees have been formed and tasked to draw up strategic policies and programmes for the alliance.

He said it is very disheartening that in the abundance of human and natural resources, leaders of the country have to trot globally virtually begging for aid and loans to finance the country’s budget, while the people wallow in abject poverty.

Mr Ofori-Atta acknowledged that the NPP government is doing its best to find lasting solutions to the myriad of problems bedevilling the nation, but with the people still crying for relief, “we must act now by coming together to foster the new Ghanaian image of self confidence and reliance.”

Dr Mahama on his part said what the alliance needs to survive its aims and objectives as well as bring relief to the suffering masses is to fight and win the next polls. He announced that the PNC is still in consultations with CPP and hopes that the problems within the CPP will be amicably solved so that it can also join the alliance.