The Ashanti Regional Chairman, Mr. Bernard Antwi-Boasiako popularly known as Chairman Wontumi has predicted that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) would go against a caution by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and present Mr. John Mahama as their Presidential candidate in 2024.
Chairman Wontumi claims the NDC go contrary to the caution the EIU has recommended to them which would make it easier for him to spur Mr. Mahama through sponsorship to ensure he loses again to the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
“The NDC is too stubborn and that makes it difficult for them to learn. The EIU has cautioned them but I know they won’t listen to them. They would still manipulate their internal Presidential elections to make sure John Mahama is their candidate. I will wade into the elections and make things easier for them by helping them bring John Mahama so that we can beat him again to win 2024”, Chairman Wontumi said to Movementtvonline.com.
Summary of the EIU report
EIU, says the NDC cannot win the 2024 general elections with former president Mahama as presidential candidate.
This was revealed in the EIU’s five-year forecast for Ghana released on April 13, 2022.
According to the report the NDC can revitalize this prospect of victory if they present a fresh presidential candidate for the 2024 polls.
The latest EIU five-year forecast for Ghana, which was released on April 13, 2022, indicated that “under constitutionally mandated term limits, the incumbent President, Mr. Akufo-Addo, cannot run for a third term.”
The EIU said its baseline forecast is anchored on the “ongoing public dissatisfaction with the slow pace of improvements in governance – such as infrastructure development, job creation and easing of corruption – will trigger anti-incumbency factors and push the electorate to seek a change.”
The report pointed out, however, that Ghanaians do not believe Mr. Mahama, who is considering to run again, represents the change they are looking for, and called on the “NDC to try to revitalise its prospects with a fresh candidate.”
The EIU’s proposal for the NDC to change its presidential candidate to guarantee wide support for the party, has beset the opposition party, whose national executives thought they had overcome their political crisis after the Supreme Court debacle over the election petition.