Under-fire National Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Kofi Adams, has blamed the defeat of the party in the December 7 general election to ‘systems failure.’
According to Kofi Adams, who was also the National Coordinator of President John Mahama’s Campaign Team, the party’s Information Technology (IT) system set up to monitor the election results did not help the ruling party on the election day.
“I think there was a system failure,” he said and insisted that the NDC had a “solid campaign strategy.”
He maintained, “It was our wish that this party – NDC – was going to continue the great job it is doing but that did not happen and I personally take full responsibility for the defeat of our party and that of president Mahama,” he said.
However, he could not explain how the IT system failed them.
NDC Supporters
Currently, some NDC supporters across the country are baying for the blood of the party’s gurus for disappointing them, but some of the national executives have shot back, saying they would not resign from their positions.
It is emerging that the NDC campaign strategists did not even have any alternative plans during the election because they were very confident that their machinery was going to push President Mahama into his second term in office; but the opposition NPP’s vigilance destroyed all their election machinations, including a possible rigging.
One Term President
The NPP’s candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, made sure that President Mahama become a one-term president in the history of Ghana by flooring him (Mahama) with 53.85% against the president’s 44.40%. The vote margin is over one million.
Apart from President Mahama’s humiliating defeat, the NDC also lost about 49 parliamentary seats to the NPP and is now going into the next dispensation as minority in parliament with only 104 seats against the NPP’s 171.
Even when it had become clear the NDC was heading to a crashing defeat, its leaders, including Kofi Adams, were in the media telling the party’s sympathizers and supporters that President Mahama was winning.
STUNNAD Demand
In the ensuing analysis, a group calling itself Students Network for Nana Addo (STUNNAD) had challenged the NDC to explain how the party ended up performing abysmally on December 7.
A statement issued and jointly singed by Chris Arthur and Eric Ato Smith, national president and deputy secretary respectively said, “We write to register our deepest disappointment and displeasure at President John Mahama and the NDC party, as we demand from them to prove their so-called ‘we are in the comfortable lead’ claim.”
The statement recounted how NDC leaders, including President Mahama, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo and Johnson Asiedu Nketia took turns to assure their supporters that the party was winning when in fact, it was trailing behind the NPP badly.
EC& NDC Plans
STUNNAD demanded from the NDC leaders to explain to the public where their so-called collation centre was located, alleging, “The NDC positioned their collation hub into the Electoral Commission’s E-transmitting System and channeled it to their system on the top floor of their new Adabraka office in an attempt to massage the figures as coming from various constituencies before they forward it to EC’s National Collation Centre.”
The statement added, “This was how the NDC was planning to rig the elections with the EC. Thank God the NPP and the media got the results first.”
STUNNAD wanted to know whether the sets of pink sheets the NDC was going to use to collate the results “were different from the media houses and the rest of the political parties.”
“We strongly feel the consistent declaration, ‘We are in the lead’ was a deliberate attempt by the NDC and President Mahama to incite their supporters not to accept the final declaration,” adding, “This we feel was a recipe for chaos.”
Source: Daily Guide
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IT? Massa, Ghanaians voted you OUT! That is the reality! Of you failed to collate the figures or couldn't massage them as you did in 2012, it has no bearing on the will of the electorate. You were voted OUT, period!
How can a TV coverage affects the Black Star team from winning or losing a match? The goes to confirm the EC's earlier assertion of the e-transmission system being tampered with. We can't sweep this matter under the carpet. There should be thorough investigation into that.
I find it very difficult to understand the I.T system failure that Kofi Adams is talking about.Could that be the reason for their humiliating defeat? I propose that during the post election analysis by independent organizations Kofi Adams should be invited to explain that.
I.T!! So is Kofi Adams confirming the rumour that the NDC was in league with the EC to electronically change the vote count? ..and the that they were outwitted by the vigilant NPP I.T experts? This should be properly investigated by an independent body appointed by Parliament. The EC must then be completely overhauled. Ghanaians must be told the whole truth.
THE PLAN JUST FAILED....***barred word*** PARTY SYMPATHISERS WERE BEING COONED BY THE NDC TO REFUSE ANY RESULTS APART FROM WHAT THE EC AND NDC WOULD HAVE PUBLISHED.NPP AND THE MEDIA WOULD HAVE BEEN A LAUGHING STOCK IF THE TAMPERED TRANSMITTING RESULTS WERE SUCCESFUL. GOD IS NOT A FULANI....FOR THE EC,CHEC HOW NANA SPEAKS,HE WILL CHANGE HIS STYLE AFTER 7TH JANUARY WHERE THEY WILL SPEW VERNOM TO THE EC FOR THE UN-ETHICAL COLLABARATION THEY HAD WITH THE NDC EVER SINCE MARCH 2016. IF MAHAMA HAD NOT CONCEDED THE EC WOULD HAVE RELIED ON THE RESULTS THAT WERE TAMPERED WITH.PETER MAC MANU AND HIS NPP GOT ALL THE MINUTES AND RECORDINGS OF THE EC/NDC HENCE HE NEEDED TO CALL THE ELECTION SINCE THEY HAD THE PINK SHEET.. WAIT AFTER 7TH JANUARY AND YOU WILL SEEE PAAAAAY!!!!!
Kofi Adams see yourself, your arrogance and pride has been the major factor of NDC party's defeat. Don't cry over spilled milk. Learn your lesson well. Better luck next time.
Blame President and Seth Terkpe for the loss. Terkpe is mole of the IMF who wanted a change of regime and hence used him to execute their agenda. Mark it Terkpe will soon return to IMF. the President is blamable for the fact that refused to sack this guy when party member asked him to do so. Just imposing taxes left right centre to please IMF
so let the IT machine vote for u kofi u re an expect in stealing u guys re done u wl loose more vore if u dont halt on irresponsible n irrelevant comments
Which IT ? the one u paired with EC I.T ? Didnt the same IT had the same collated figures as inputs or ur IT was suppose to get different figures.