Dec. 7 election: I will win despite polls in favour of NPP

The Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama is confident that he’ll win the upcoming December 7 general elections in spite of polls suggesting victory for President Akufo Addo.

According to Mr Mahama, President Akufo Addo’s abysmal performance has left Ghanaians yearning for him to return to power to put the country on the right path.

“God is great and I’m sure that all of us have lived in this country for more than four years and we have seen the NPP government and we can compare it to the NDC government,” the former president said.

He added, “An opinion poll was carried and more than 60% of Ghanaians say that they are worse off today than they were in 2016. 

“NDC; I’m convinced will win the elections. As for the parliamentary elections, from our calculations and the opinion polls, we have won the majority in parliament already. And by God’s grace Yendi will be one of those seats we are going to win.”

The Political Science Department of the University of Ghana in a survey declared President Akufo-Addo the winner of the December 7 presidential election

It said Akufo-Addo will be reelected as Ghana’s president with 51.7 percent of valid votes cast.

The presidential candidate of the NDC, John Dramani Mahama will garner 40.4 percent of the votes while the Ghana Union Movement (GUM’s), Christian Kwabena Andrews, takes home 1.4 percent of the votes.

A total of 11,000 respondents were interviewed by the department.