{"id":438301,"date":"2011-06-08T17:51:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T17:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/08\/ben-ephson-is-an-unreliable-pollster-%e2%80%93-teye-nyaunu\/"},"modified":"2011-06-08T17:51:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-08T17:51:00","slug":"ben-ephson-is-an-unreliable-pollster-teye-nyaunu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/08\/ben-ephson-is-an-unreliable-pollster-teye-nyaunu\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Ephson Is An Unreliable Pollster \u2013 Teye Nyaunu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>The Campaign Coordinator of the Nana Konadu for 2012 Campaign Team, Michael Teye Nyaunu, has described the Editor of the Daily Dispatch newspaper as an unreliable pollster who is only interested in churning out stories to cause confusion in the electorate.<\/p>\n<p>The Member of Parliament for Lower Manya constituency has also dismissed as false, a publication in the Wednesday June 8 edition of the Dispatch of appointees in a future Nana Konadu government.<\/p>\n<p>The list also included names of some ministers currently serving in the Mills administration. Hon. Michael Teye Nyaunu, who is named on the list as a future Secretary to the President told Citi News in an interview that the publication should be taken with a large pinch of salt.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Ben Ephson, has over the years shown that his polls and publications are very \u201cunreliable\u201d. \u201cI don\u2019t put any credibility on Ben Ephson\u2019s predictions and all those things because he once said that I was going to lose my constituency and I rather won by a wider margin. When you have pollsters like this they are so unreliable, they just churn out confusion into the system\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Another of the &#8216;future Ministers,&#8217; currently Deputy Minister for Agriculture Nii Amasa Namoale, who has allegedly been penciled down as the substantive Minister in a Konadu government, has told Citi News that although no one has consulted him about a future appointment, he will be glad to serve in any future NDC government, regardless of who is President.<\/p>\n<p>The list also names Water Resources, Works and Housing Minister Alban Bagbin as running mate to Nana Konadu, former President Jerry Rawlings as Head of Security, close Rawlings associate Herbert Mensah as Chief of Staff, veteran politician Kwamena Ahwoi as Presidential Advisor, failed NDC flagbearer aspirant Ekwow Spio Garbrah as Foreign Affairs Minister, Rawlings Spokesperson Kofi Adams as Information Minister.<\/p>\n<p>Current deputy Finance Minister Fiifi Kwetey will see an improvement in his fortunes with an elevation to full Finance Minister, according to Ben Ephson&#8217;s list, while either Dr. Josiah Aryeh and Dr. Benjamin Kumbuor will be appointed Minister for Justice and Attorney General.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the full list:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Running Mate: Alban Bagbin<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Head of Security: Jerry Rawlings<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Chief of Staff: Herbert Mensah<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Prez Advisor: Kwamena Ahwoi<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Foreign Affairs: Spio Garbrah<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Sec to Prez: Teye Nyaunu (MP)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Prez. Press Secretary &#038; Min. of Information: Kofi Adams<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Min. of Defence: Capt. (GN) H. Afeku-Amenyor<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Chairman of Council of State: Gen. (rtd) Nunoo Mensah\/Gen. (rtd) Arnold Quainoo<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Min. of Interior Berrick Namburr (former MP)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Min. of Transport: Dr. Ayirebi-Acquah<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Min. of Lands &#038; Forestry: Yamin (Ash. Regional NDC Sec.)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Min. of Youth &#038; Sports: Ras Mubarak<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Min. of Finance: Fiifi Kwetey (?)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Min. of Agric: Nii Namoale<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Attorney General &#038; Min. of Justice: Dr. Josiah Aryeh\/Dr. Ben Kunbuor<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Min. of Roads: Dr. Ato Quarshie<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Continued here: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Campaign Coordinator of the Nana Konadu for 2012 Campaign Team, Michael Teye Nyaunu, has described the Editor of the Daily Dispatch newspaper as an unreliable pollster who is only interested in churning out stories to cause confusion in the electorate. The Member of Parliament for Lower Manya constituency has also dismissed as false, a publication in the Wednesday June 8 edition of the Dispatch of appointees in a future Nana Konadu government<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":438302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-438301","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ben Ephson Is An Unreliable Pollster \u2013 Teye Nyaunu - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/08\/ben-ephson-is-an-unreliable-pollster-teye-nyaunu\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ben Ephson Is An Unreliable Pollster \u2013 Teye Nyaunu - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The Campaign Coordinator of the Nana Konadu for 2012 Campaign Team, Michael Teye Nyaunu, has described the Editor of the Daily Dispatch newspaper as an unreliable pollster who is only interested in churning out stories to cause confusion in the electorate. 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