President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo <\/strong><\/p>\nPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he is not discouraged by the recent afrobarometer report by the Centre for Democratic Development \u2013 Ghana (CDD-Ghana), that stated that if elections were to be held today, no political party would win a one-touch victory.<\/p>\n
To President Akufo-Addo, he is not discouraged by polls, and that if he had relied on a poll, he\u00a0would not have become the president of Ghana left to polls and predictions. <\/p>\n
\u201cMy attitude to polls has never changed. the only poll that matters is the poll of the 7th of December, that\u2019s the only poll that matters. I\u2019m not saying that if people\u00a0do polling you then just rubish it, no, that\u2019s not my view, you have to look at it, take it into account, analyse it and see for yourself what is being said, President Akufo-Addo said.<\/p>\n
He is therefore not discouraged about\u00a0the recent Afrobarometer survey by CDD Ghana that assessed his government\u2019s performance averagely or not the best.<\/p>\n
President Akufo-Addo said this during an encounter with the media at the Jubilee House on Friday [December 13, 2019].<\/p>\n
The CDD Ghana Afrobarometer survey indicated that neither the governing NPP nor the biggest opposition party, the NDC would secure a first-round victory should elections be held today.<\/p>\n
This means Presidential candidates of both parties John Mahama for the NDC and most likely, President Akufo-Addo for the NPP would amass just 50 per cent or less votes.<\/p>\n
Reacting to the findings the president said, \u201cwe know of situations where lots of people did not predict of my being here [Presidency], or I will never be here, I\u2019m here,\u201d he said\u00a0amidst laughter and added that you then have to worry yourself about one-touch, low-touch, whatever, but I\u2019m not discouraged.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me what is important is my programme and the work that I\u2019m carrying out because I believe it is beneficial to the people of Ghana and when the time comes for Ghanaians to comment, I\u2019m optimistic, I\u2019m confident that it will be a good comment that they will make on the 7th of December, so I\u2019m not discouraged about the afrobarometer.\u201d <\/p>\n
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