{"id":288545,"date":"2011-03-03T23:08:31","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T23:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/03\/npp%e2%80%99s-fortunes-dwindling-daily-under-nana-addo-%e2%80%93-dr-omane-boamah\/"},"modified":"2011-03-03T23:08:31","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T23:08:31","slug":"npps-fortunes-dwindling-daily-under-nana-addo-dr-omane-boamah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/03\/npps-fortunes-dwindling-daily-under-nana-addo-dr-omane-boamah\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP\u2019s Fortunes Dwindling Daily Under Nana Addo \u2013 Dr. Omane Boamah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>A Washington-based Think Tank with experience in trend analysis and poll results has concluded that flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo will be a hard candidate to sell to the electorate during the 2012 General Elections.<\/p>\n<p>The US group on the other hand opines President Mills could be rated as a president who is understanding and certainly not intolerant or arrogant.<\/p>\n<p>The <b>Ghanaian Trust<\/b> newspaper, in a publication on Thursday, March 3rd, culled excerpts of the think-tank\u2019s report which stated among other things that \u201ca good candidate for presidential elections should be; understanding, experienced, open minded, strong character, self-discipline, have goals, nice, awesomeness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To some, the publication by the \u201cGhanaian Trust\u201d newspaper culled from the Washington Think-tank cannot be said to be credible since the name of the group was not disclosed. <\/p>\n<p>However, Dr. Omane Boamah, Deputy Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, thinks otherwise. To him, even though the name of the Think Tank was not disclosed, the best way is to \u201cexamine the history and practice of the entity that the paper is talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his submission on <b>Radio Gold<\/b> during the <b>Gold Paper Review<\/b> programme, he alluded to August of 2008, and recalled the NPP\u2019s contracting of a Consultant, Professor Larry Gibson, to help them in strategizing and in analyzing polls.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Boamah indicated he is inclined to believe the <b>Ghanaian Trust<\/b> publication in that the story is consistent with Professor Larry Gibson\u2019s findings. According to Dr. Boamah, it was clear that the NPP is a party that has its \u201cfortunes, dwindling day after day under the leadership of Nana Akufo Addo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whiles cautioning NDC activists not to rest on their oars, because the NPP, knowing it has a deficit, will resort to all kinds of desperate measures, just as it did with the infamous \u201c<b>all die be die<\/b>\u201d statement, Dr. Omane Boamah said the NDC will ensure that Ghanaians elect a president who will resist the NPP with \u201csuperior arguments and developmental projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Go here to see the original: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> A Washington-based Think Tank with experience in trend analysis and poll results has concluded that flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo will be a hard candidate to sell to the electorate during the 2012 General Elections. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-288545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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