{"id":443652,"date":"2011-06-18T16:24:40","date_gmt":"2011-06-18T16:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/18\/akufo-addo%e2%80%99s-comments-on-mills%e2%80%99-performance-is-%e2%80%9cbikini-statistics%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-okudzeto-ablakwa\/"},"modified":"2011-06-18T16:24:40","modified_gmt":"2011-06-18T16:24:40","slug":"akufo-addos-comments-on-mills-performance-is-bikini-statistics-okudzeto-ablakwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/18\/akufo-addos-comments-on-mills-performance-is-bikini-statistics-okudzeto-ablakwa\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo\u2019s Comments On Mills\u2019 Performance Is \u201cBikini Statistics\u201d \u2013 Okudzeto Ablakwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>Deputy Minister of Information, Mr. Samuel Okudzato Ablakwa, has rubbished claims by flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, that the Mills-led NDC government has turned Ghana into a poverty-owning democracy saying the NPP flagbearer\u2019s reference to a recent Gallup poll were like \u201cbikinis\u201d since \u201cwhat they reveal is suggestive, but what it conceals is vital\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the way and manner Nana Addo brandished the recent Gallup findings about was so frightening that a driver might smash up a car to smitterings upon hearing it.<\/p>\n<p>To him, the NPP flagbearer had scored an \u201cown goal using the Gallup polls\u201d since poverty is a big issue which cannot be resolved in a matter of two or even eight years; which the NPP can attest to.<\/p>\n<p>The 2012 Presidential Candidate of the NPP, made a major policy statement of his campaign at the 3rd International Conference of the NPP in Hamburg, Germany, on Saturday, June 11, in which he laid out his vision for Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>In his hour-long speech, Nana Addo also gave a detailed account of the despondency that has gripped the nation under the government of President JEA Mills saying \u201ca vote for change should not mean a vote for less money in people\u2019s pockets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Referring to findings of a recent survey undertaken by world renowned pollsters, Gallup, in 18 African countries, which showed that under President Mills, 12.7 million people, representing 53% of the entire population, cannot afford the cost of food, the NPP flagbearer said, \u201cThose who admit to living comfortably have dropped from 20% in 2007 to 4% of the population in 2010. In 2007, 11% of Ghanaians said they were suffering under severe economic hardships. Two years into the so-called \u2018Better Ghana\u2019 agenda of President Mills, the number of Ghanaians who cannot cope at all with the harsh economic realities has shot up by a whopping 210%, from 11% of the population to 34%.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But contributing to a panel discussion on JoyFM\u2019s NewsFile programme, the deputy Information Minister said he is of the conviction that Nana Addo did a percentage jump in his findings in order to find fault with President Mills&#8217; administration, thus resulting in the \u201cbikini statistics\u201d he (Nana Addo) churned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t do that with statistics, it is a serious business and it is scientific. You don\u2019t just for your expedience take 2007 figures, which is a big figure and heap it on Professor Mills for people to cheer you, yeah-yeah,\u201d Mr. Ablakwa said.<\/p>\n<p>He accused the NPP flagbearer of \u201cintellectual dishonesty\u201d and mischief to push his presidential ambition going.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Visit link:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Deputy Minister of Information, Mr. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":443653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-443652","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>Akufo-Addo\u2019s Comments On Mills\u2019 Performance Is \u201cBikini Statistics\u201d \u2013 Okudzeto Ablakwa - 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