In the wake of multiple surveys putting Nana Akufo Addo ahead of president John Mahama, and a recent survey by the

A Deputy Chief of Staff, Kenneth Wujangi, dismissed the Economic Intelligence Unit report released In April which said the New Patriotic Party Flagbearer, Akufo-Addo, will win convincingly, and the Goodman AMC Opinion Poll Report which put Akufo-Addo at 49% and president Mahama at 44%.

“Our candidate, the NDC candidate His Excellency John Dramani Mahama as I went round has an edge over the major opposition party candidate Nana Akufo-Addo,” he told Joy FM, conceding that “there is still work to do. We need not to be complacent.”

Mr Wujanji, who is in charge of operations at the Flagstaff House, stressed that “because of what has been done [by president Mahama] on the field, he has an edge far far over than Akufo Addo.”

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Mr Wujanji in dismissing the surveys sort to create the impression that the studies released in the public domain were conducted in Accra and among the elites who he believes hardly vote for the NDC.

“I have gone to the grassroots,” pointing to rural commodities with strong ties to his party. “If one limits himself to the city life and sit in a hotel and conduct a survey, you’ll get results that pertain to sitting in a hotel and conducting a survey.”

According to him, the survey does not reflect the situation on the ground.

“I am dismissing [the report],” he twittered.

The NPP on Thursday released a statement signed by its Communications Director, Nana Akomea, saying the survey by the CDD highlighted the true economic situation in the country.

In the CDD survey, it said at least 70 percent of Ghanaians believe the economy of the country is heading in the wrong direction.

The survey which covered the period from July 2 to 18 indicated that Ghanaians are worried about their economic conditions which they argue might pose a threat to their existence.

The survey was conducted from a sample size of 2,400 adult Ghanaians cutting across 163 districts and 291 towns and villages.

A political scientist at the University of Ghana, Dr Alidu Seidu, in an interview with Joy FM vouch for the integrity of the CDD and the EIU.

“I think if you look at the methods they used in these surveys, it is well encompassing, it is holistic, and it is well covered.”

Dr Seidu, however, opined that “the fact that surveys are saying you are going to win doesn’t mean you are going to win,” urging the NPP to do more to win the elections.