By Dr. Dickson Adomako Kissi, Member of Parliament for Anyaa-Sowutuom, has expressed skepticism about any individual or political party achieving more than 52% in the upcoming general elections.
His remarks follow Fitch Solutions’ prediction of a win for John Mahama and the NDC in the December 2024 elections.
Fitch Solutions, in its mid-year review for Sub-Saharan Africa, highlighted that the prevailing economic conditions are expected to heavily influence voter decisions on December 7.
Mike Kruiniger, an Associate Director of Country Risk at Fitch Solutions, stated, “We believe that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has a stronger chance of winning the upcoming general elections compared to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP).”
“Recent polls consistently place the NDC ahead with the most recent survey showing 54% of respondents favouring the NDC.”
On Saturday’s episode of The Big Issue on Accra-based TV channel One TV, Dr. Adomako questioned the prediction made by the research firm.
“I am a bit weary about their results because I am rather of the opinion that December 7 for any strong party be it the NDC or the NPP to go beyond 52% will not be easy. That is my opinion especially because of the trends worldwide.
“Looking at the trend of voters and their sophistication at this point, for anybody to pronounce a 54% win puts me in doubt,” he stated.
He added, “I think that if even since the turn of time it is likely that people might change government because of the trend in this country where after two terms Ghanaians naturally would rather prefer to have a change in governance…It gives the opposition party some edge for doing nothing because of the nature of Ghanaians and our voters.
“Moving above 51 % I will be surprised because admittedly the likes of Cheddar, the likes of movement for change will grab some of the votes from either party. That is why I am questioning.”
He concluded by saying, “For the NPP I must say that we will not take the reviews for granted. The appropriate thing for us to do is keep at what we are doing and to demonstrate how the digital economy is still above the economy.”
Source: Channel One TV
