If not stopped, according to pollster Ben Ephson, happenings in the Volta Region will have a negative impact on the results of the National Democratic Congress’ 2024 elections.
The area has always served as the NDC’s stronghold. However, Mr. Ephson claimed that it suffered a 6.6% vote loss in the region in the 2020 elections.
The party that has been in opposition since 2016 has “lost favor with a significant number of citizens from the Volta Region” on a regular basis.
On Monday, November 14, 2022, Mr. Ephson mentioned these while speaking with Kwamina Sam Biney, the host of the Anopa Bofo morning show on Angel FM.
Despite the party’s efforts to present a formidable front in order to unseat the ruling New Patriotic Party in the elections of 2024, demands are being made of it that could further thwart those efforts.
Supporters of the NDC are currently urging the leadership to pick John Mahama’s running mate from the stronghold, and the pollster claims that if the leadership ignores their request, it will have an impact on the party.
Greater Accra, according to The Daily Dispatch Managing Editor, is a swing area because “a sizable percentage of people living here [Accra] are from the Volta region, thus the result from Volta will reflect in Greater Accra.”
Therefore, if their demand is not met, it will have a negative impact on the NDC’s performance in Greater Accra regardless of who takes over—whether you let Ade, the ousted Greater Accra Regional Chairman, go, Ashie Moore, the newly elected NDC Regional Chairman for Greater Accra, or whoever else does.