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Opinion polls suggesting that President Akufo Ado will win the presidential elections in the first round have elicited divergent responses from the two main presidential candidates in the December 7 elections.
While President Akufo-Addo says he is encouraged by the polls but will not be complacent, National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate John Dramani Mahama has said he is not bothered by the poll results because he is confident he will win. the elections.
Several polls have placed President Akufo-Addo ahead of his close rival, and the latest poll from the Department of Political Science at the University of Ghana predicts that the president, who is seeking a second term, will win in the first round.
The survey, which covered 100 carefully selected electoral districts in the 16 regions with 11,949 respondents, places the president at 51.7% and Mr. Mahama at 40.4%.
Cheer up
In a radio interview on Kingdom FM in Cape Coast yesterday as part of his three-day campaign tour of the Central Region, President Akufo Addo said: “Opinion polls are opinions and not votes, and I am encouraged that all polls are pointing to my victory, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to sleep. “
President Akufo-Addo said that you cannot claim to be victorious until the elections are over, the votes are counted and the results are declared.
“We will continue to campaign until midnight on December 5 to ensure that every village, hamlet, town and city is reached to ensure a resounding victory on December 7,” he said.
Ben Ephson Survey
Answering questions about specific polls that pointed to his victory, President Akufo-Addo warned that “if you are looking for something from someone, until he has given it to you, you cannot pretend to have it.”
In reaction to a pre-election poll conducted by pollster Ben Ephson who says he will win, President Akufo-Addo said that the same person through his polls indicated that he (President Akufo-Addo) was going to lose in 2016 but what happened happened. otherwise, “but I will not rule out your polls,” he added.
Reception
He indicated that the massive reception he and the PNP had received from Ghanaians across the country had greatly encouraged him to have Ghanaians offer him another opportunity to serve them for another four-year term.
He explained that Ghanaians were satisfied with the work that the PNP had done over the past four years, which explained their confidence that by the grace of God and the magnanimity of the electorate, the PNP would emerge victorious.
He said the promises he made to people to vote for him four years ago had been redeemed and that he had not let them down.
Confident mahama
For his part, Mahama, who spoke at a rally in Yendi, said that in addition to the presidential elections, which he hoped to win, he was also confident that the NDC would win the majority of seats in the parliamentary elections, reports Kester Aburam Korankye.
He said the NDC had done its own internal calculations that spoke positively about its possibilities.
Sufferings
The former president said that the party’s victory would come as a result of the sufferings that President Akufo-Addo and the PNP had inflicted on Ghanaians over the past four years.
“The NDC, I am convinced, will win the elections. As for the parliamentary elections, according to our calculations and opinion polls, we have already won a majority in Parliament. And by the grace of God, Yendi will be one of those seats that we are going to win, ”he said.
Records
Mahama said that unlike in 2016, when Ghanaians could not compare their record to that of President Akufo-Addo, they now had the opportunity to do so before making a decision on December 7.
“God is great and I’m sure we’ve all lived in this country for over four years and we’ve seen the PNP government, and we can compare it to the NDC government. An opinion poll was conducted and more than 60 percent of Ghanaians say they are worse off today than in 2016, “he added.
Stagnant projects
Before addressing the rally, Mahama paid a courtesy visit to the Supreme Lord of Dagbon Traditional Area, Ya-Na Abukari I, where he assured him of the support of the NDC should the party win the election.
Mahama said the NDC was known to be the champion of development projects in the kingdom.
He said that while in office, the government connected several communities in the Yendi enclave to the national grid and built 14 complexes of community-based health planning services (CHPS).
Mahama said his administration also started construction of the Eastern Corridor Road, a portion of which passed through the area and created jobs for many young people.
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