United Ghana Movement

United Ghana Movement

The United Ghana Movement is a political party in Ghana. The founder is Charles Wereko-Brobby, formerly a leading member of the New Patriotic Party.

Registration

The party was officially registered with the National Electoral Commission as a political party in Ghana on 10 January 1997.cite web |url=http://212.67.202.38/~gri/Elect/UGM.html |title=The United Ghana Movement |accessdate=2007-07-30 |publisher=Ghana Review International]

2000 elections

The first general elections the party contested were the presidential and parliamentary elections of December 2000. Charles Wereko-Brobby stood for president on the party's ticket in December 2000 and came seventh with 0.3% of the popular vote. [cite web |url=http://africanelections.tripod.com/gh.html#2000_Presidential_Election |title=African Elections Database |accessdate=2007-07-30 |publisher=Albert C. Nunley] The party also contested the parliamentary elections in the same year but won no seats.

Party on vacation

In 2002, the leader of the party, Wereko-Brobby announced that the party is on vacation. [cite web |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/republic/ugm.php |title=United Ghana Movement |accessdate=2007-07-30 |publisher=Ghana Home Page]

ymbols

The party symbols are as follows:
*Motto - Growing people for Ghana’s development.
*Symbol - A clenched fist of the hand with the index and middle fingers raised together.
*Colours - Blue, White and Green

References

ee also

*List of political parties in Ghana

External links

* [http://212.67.202.38/~gri/Elect/UGM.html UGM information on Ghana Review International]


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