The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said it does not focus too much attention on results of pre-election polls because such polls can be deceptive.
The party’s National Organiser, Kofi Adams has explained that researchers and organisations do not get these predictions accurate at all times, therefore, over-reliance on such polls could be detrimental to the chances of any political party in a major election.
His comment follows predictions by the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will win the elections.
EIU predicted a close margin win for Ghana’s main opposition party in a report and has again indicated that though both the presidential and legislative elections would be hostile, the NPP will be victorious.
“We expect Nana Akufo-Addo and the NPP to be victorious at the December presidential and legislative elections, given popular frustration with Ghana’s poor economic performance under the recent NDC administration,” the London-based EIU of the Economist Magazine predicted in its October edition.
The EIU said: “Pre-election spending in 2016 will put pressure on the fiscal deficit target set in conjunction with the IMF, although the government will be more successful at resisting large-scale populist spending than in previous election years.”
But speaking in an interview on Asempa FM’s afternoon political programme Ekossi Sen on Monday October 31, Mr Adams said: “When we (Politicians) go round the country campaigning and interacting with people, they complain of bad roads, lack of health facilities and hospitals, schools for their children, potable water and several others. These are the priority needs of the people. Now ask yourself: ‘What steps has President John Mahama taken to deal with these challenges?’”
“As we speak, water coverage is now up to 76 per cent. More people have potable water to drink. President Mahama has built schools and hospitals for the people and so those who could not attend school because of lack of access have schools to attend. And so those people will vote for President Mahama.
“As for the survey results, yes they will continue to come. Some of them came in the past but were inaccurate. Even in the UK where such polls are consistent, they do not get it accurate all the time and so we are confident Ghanaians will vote for the NDC and President Mahama.”
Source: Ghana/AccraFM.com
