{"id":1267781,"date":"2022-12-20T05:43:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T05:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/20\/ben-ephson-predicts-doom-for-asiedu-nketia-if\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T05:43:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T05:43:31","slug":"ben-ephson-predicts-doom-for-asiedu-nketia-if","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/20\/ben-ephson-predicts-doom-for-asiedu-nketia-if\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Ephson predicts doom for Asiedu Nketia if&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1671283885326-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"NDC 10th Congress at the Accra Sports Stadium\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asiedu Nketia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pollster Ben Ephson has warned that the newly-elected chairman of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, could plunge the party into serious problems if he fails to get things right.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ephson\u2019s comment is in reference to a leaked audio, purported to be that of Mr Nketia\u2019s voice claiming that the party had no case in their 2020 election petition.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Kwaku Nhyira-Addo a day after the NDC congress Monday (19 December), Mr Ephson said Mr Nketia must apologise to Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we speak now, many of the NDC grassroots believed that they won [Election] 2020 and the court ruled against them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the tape that was leaked, he now confesses that they had results from only five of 16 regions but for two years, what has been trending within the NDC is that the Supreme Court took victory from them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that he\u2019s chair, he needs to get a few things right otherwise he\u2019s going to get serious problems not only for the party, but for the country as a whole,\u201d the pollster added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Nketia, who until this latest election had served as the General Secretary of the party for the past 17 years, received 5,569 votes (65.17% of the vote), as against his main contender, the immediate past chairman of the party, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, who garnered 2,892 votes (33.81%).<\/p>\n<p>The NDC lost the last two general elections \u2013 2016 and 2020 \u2013 at the presidential level and will be hoping to stage a comeback in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"dqX1vdkcwbw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Economic Comeback: 2023 will see stronger foundations for Ghana\u2019s economy \u2013 Ofori-Atta (19-12-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dqX1vdkcwbw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asiedu Nketia Pollster Ben Ephson has warned that the newly-elected chairman of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, could plunge the party into serious problems if he fails to get things right. 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