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An Nkrumaist, Afrikatu Kofi Nkrumah has blamed the poor political performance of the CPP over the years to poor leadership and bad organization, saying, �the party is suffering from the vacuum of a good leader. �it seems the leaders of the party, over the years, have taken entrenched positions, making it difficult for them to unite for the progress of the party,� he added. Speaking to the Times in Accra on his view of the Nkrumah centenary celebration, Mr Nkrumah said for the party to redeem its past glory, it needed good leaders � leaders that come in the shape of unifiers, organizers and motivators who will be able to draw more people to the party. �The era in which we find ourselves requires members � members who will strike a compromise to elect strategic leaders to unite the party,� he said, stressing the �party needs members who will shed their parochial interest for the larger interest of the party�. Asked why the fortunes of the party had been dwindling since the 1966 coup which saw the overthrow of Dr Nkrumah, Mr Nkrumah said the ban of the party at that time and illegalization of anything associated with Dr Nkrumah seriously had a great toll on the party. But, the Pan-Africanist said reviving the party afterward should have been easy, saying that �all that the party leaders then needed to do were to demonstrate to the people they could build on the legacies of Nkrumah to relieve the country from its economic doldrums.� Mr Nkrumah said what was needed to lift the party from its economic doldrums �is good leadership and repackaging and selling of the legacies, ideals and vision of Nkrumah to the citizens�. �Nkrumah�s free education, the struggle for independence, huge infrastructural development and the liberations of the African continent, among other legacies, are issues the party can highlight in its bid to draw more people to the party,� he stressed. On his memories of Nkrumah, he said the country�s first president was an exceptional leader and genius. But, �one enduring legacy of Dr Nkrumah was making Ghana and living in Ghana,� he asserted. Mr Nkrumah said Ghana�s first president was a man of action and achieved a lot in short spate of his presidency notably � the Akosombo Dam and the Tema Motorway. Dismissing the accusations that Dr Nkrumah was a dictator, an idol worshiper and wasted the money the British left the country, Mr Nkrumah said those were vile propaganda to discredit the goodwill that Dr Nkrumah achieved. Mr Nkrumah explained that dictator�s kill to find their way onto power or suppress their people�s will but Dr Nkrumah never did that. Dictators never provide educational avenues for their citizens, because they would be enlightened and question their ideals, but Dr Nkrumah established schools for the citizens to be educated. On Dr Nkrumah squandering the country�s resources, Mr Nkrumah noted the accusers of the Ghana�s first president had not been able to tell how much money the British brought to the country, only to accuse him of misusing the state�s money. �History has proved that all the bad things said about Dr Nkrumah are not true, because Ghana�s success now depends on the solid foundation he laid.� Mr Nkrumah said when Dr Nkrumah was cultivating the friendship of China and the Asian countries as well as the Eastern European countries, he was tagged a communist, but that is exactly what Ghana is doing to today. On the Nkrumah�s centenary celebration, Mr Nkrumah said it was long overdue and urged the Nkrumaist family to use the celebration to unite. Mr Nkrumah suggested that the state could organize another special celebration for the other leaders who fought for the liberation of the country and noted the celebration could be called, �Heroes Day�. He said although the past leaders had achieved something � the achievements of Dr Nkrumah surpassed all achievements the country had ever seen since independence.