Policy think tank, IMANI Ghana, says it conducted a survey which predicted the National Democratic Congress’ defeat in the general elections ahead of the polls.
The NDC’s defeat in the recently held general elections saw incumbent President, John Mahama’s ambition to serve a second term quashed.
The Presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Akufo-Addo, defeated President Mahama with a 53.85 percent, against the latter’s 44.40 percent, one of the worst defeats recorded by a sitting President.
The NDC’s defeat has sent shock waves through the rank and file of the party, with many blaming the leadership of the party for the loss.
Speaking on Citi FM’s News Analysis Programme, The Big Issue, the Executive Director of IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe, said IMANI Ghana’s survey indicated that the party will lose the elections.
He however said results of the polls were not published because it was ready only few days to the polls.
“This election was one that the signs actually had been there from day one. There was a programme IMANI conducted, the pre-election survey and seven out of ten regions suggested that 60 percent of respondents thought that the economy had taken a tail spin and so they were not satisfied. The signs were out there. Infact, we did a poll, but we never published. It was just almost a week to the elections,” he said
Findings of survey
More than 50% of respondents sampled in the pre-election survey conducted across the country, wanted government to retrieve monies lost through mismanagement and perceived dubious deals.
The Head of Economics at IMANI Ghana, Patrick Stephenson, had earlier made the revelation while presenting findings of the survey at the Mensvic Hotel in Accra.
“It is interesting to see that more than 50% of respondents we spoke to expected the government or whichever government to retrieve resources that had been lost; and so if you have to juxtapose this response or these results to the fact that if we have had cases where we are not too sure whether resources have been retrieved by the state for the people of Ghana , it becomes very worrying. You wonder if politicians are doing the things that citizens are looking for,” Mr. Stephenson said.
According to him, respondents in the Ashanti Region, topped the list of respondents making the request, with over 68% followed by the Upper East region with 64%, then the Western Region which recorded about 60%.
Source: Citifmonline.com
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Imani is no longer respected by Ghanaians. Have you seen what money has done to your once cherished institution? You are only confirming your biasness to us all. I guess if your so called polls had gone in favour of Ndc you would have published.
Franklin u won't get any money from NPP ooooo fake and nation wrecker
Traitor! Liar!
Yawn....! Next please....! Mtchewwwwwwwww!!!
You didnt have to conduct a pool to know that NDC were going out. The president knew. The party top guys knew. They did not take it serious because they were convinced that they could rig it as they did four years ago. It was already too late by the time they realized that it was not going to be possible to rig.
Franklin you are a big liar. You collected money from ndc and now shifting to the npp. God will punish you one day. big ***barred word***.
IMANI has turned to T B Joshua. Can only predict after the result
IMANI's Flanklin Cudjoe had been factual until somewhere last year. I would sometimes wonder if some of his analyses actually were the official stand of his organisation. Well, may be he couldn't toe the lines of Professor Martey and Bugri Naabu. And now, sadly, he's considered one of the 'lunatics' on the loose. I'm sorry for u Mr victim.
get away you. u conducted the survey on december 8 when it was already obvious. one week to the elections was even too far to publish ur so called survey result. many ple including the pregnant ben ephson published their results only two or three days to the elections. u dont need a survey or a prophet to tell you ndc will lose the elections. it was obvious from their incompetence.
THIS SHOULDN'T HAVE COME AT THIS TIME. WHO WILL BELIEVE IN THIS? WHEN YOU ASSESSED THE WORK OF THE GOVERNMENT AND GAVE 60%, YOU CAME OUT WITH IT, YOU NEVER WITHHELD IT SO WHY COME AT THIS TIME WITH ELECTION RESULTS?