The National Democratic Congress (NDC) will be divided after losing the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections, Dr Mohammed Abass, a political science lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, has said.
In Wednesday’s presidential poll, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) defeated President John Mahama with a landslide victory, securing 53.85 per cent of the votes while his main contender got 44.40 per cent as announced by Chair of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, after the polls.
Speaking in an interview with Accra News on Monday December 12, Dr Abass said: “Whether or not the NDC will be back to power will depend on some dimensions. One is the lesson that they will learn from this defeat. This is a very big defeat. For a governing party to be defeated by this margin shows a serious lack of confidence in that government. We all did not know the gap would be that big. We thought it would be some one or two per cent, but what happened was a serious defeat and so they should learn lessons from this.”
He added: “…The party will suffer some disunity for some time, it is normal and natural, but if they are able to solve that problem, they will be able to return later.”
Dr Abass advised the NPP, saying: “If they learn from what caused the massive defeat of the NDC – arrogance, failure to listen to the cry of Ghanaians, and also inability to fulfil what they promised Ghanaians – they will perform better in government.
“As a political scientist Nana Akufo-Addo’s government will be one of the best governments in the history of Ghana due to several factors. That is what the ideal situation is pointing at.”
Source: Ghana/AccraFM.com
