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A string of internal opinion polls carried out by the ruling National Democratic Congress is causing fear and panic among party officials as all the polls point to one result: President Mills is set to become the first one-term President in Ghana�s history. A March 2012 opinion poll, conducted by a South African PR Firm, which has been contracted by the NDC for the December election, put the Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Akufo-Addo, at 49.07%, with President Mills lagging behind with 47.07%. This development did not amuse the NDC party hierarchy and therefore subsequently commissioned �pollster� and Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Dispatch Newspaper, Ben Ephson, to conduct an �independent� opinion poll in April on the chances of President Mills ahead of the 2012 poll. Ben Ephson�s poll, according to sources at the party office, killed the morale of the top functionaries of the NDC as the results made for grim reading. The results of Ben Ephson�s poll, after being asked �Who they will vote for in the 2012 elections�, had Nana Akufo-Addo obtaining 50.05%. President Mills fared rather worse in Ben Ephson�s poll, as he received 44.40% of respondents sampled.