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We are not moved by EIU report - NDC
Speaking to Pulse.com.gh, the General Secretary of the party, Johnson Asiedu Nketia said the party does not need a report from the EIU to determine its fate regarding the elections.
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Speaking to Pulse.com.gh, the General Secretary of the party, Johnson Asiedu Nketia said the party does not need a report from the EIU to determine its fate regarding the elections.
“It doesn’t worry us because EIU is not always right. That is why they called it predictions. They are based in the UK, they predicted the Brexit and got it wrong. They predicted the last election in UK and got it wrong. Even when they are living in that country, they got it wrong.
“So we are not worried about it. We know they are not on the ground and they know little about Ghana,” he said.
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READ ALSO: EIU predicts win for NPP
The EIU has for the second time predicted a convincing win for the opposition NPP in the upcoming polls.
In April this year, the Unit predicted a close margin win for the NPP in a report and has again indicated that though both the presidential and parliamentary elections would be hostile the NPP will be declared victorious.
The report also states that the NDC would be voted out of power due to the adverse economic conditions in the country touching on the effect of an increase in taxes and utility prices which according to them have made the cost of living high for many Ghanaians.
The EIU said: "Pre-election spending in 2016 will put pressure on the fiscal deficit target set in conjunction with the IMF, although the government will be more successful at resisting large-scale populist spending than in previous election years."
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The report, however, did not mention any possible violence in the upcoming elections but noted that exercise will expose Ghana to notable risks, some of which will come from outside the country.
With the reports of corruption in the country's judiciary and the experiences in the 2012 election petition, the report suggests none of the parties will be interested in going to the Supreme Court to challenge the verdict of the election, a situation that has raised political tensions a notch higher.
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