EIU report: If NDC wins in 2024, it’ll not be news, says NPP
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has reacted to the latest report on Ghana by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), which predicts that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is in pole position to win the 2024 presidential election with a fresh candidate.
“The former president, John Mahama, is reportedly considering running again, but we expect the opposition NDC to try to revitalise its prospects with a fresh candidate.
“Our baseline forecast is that 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 EIU said. “The NDC, therefore, stands a reasonable chance of winning the 2024 elections.”
In response, the national communications director of the NPP, Yaw Buaben Asamoa, said: “The EIU hangs its prediction on the usual assumption. That presidential power has been rotating over eight-year periods in the Fourth Republic is a fact so far.
“If NDC wins, it will not be news. But if the NPP wins, it would be a remarkable achievement that would demonstrate the coming of age of electoral politics in Ghana. In other words, an NPP victory in 2024, popularly dubbed ‘Breaking the Eight’, would be a more unusual event than an NDC victory, based on the history of elections in the Fourth Republic.”
Below is the statement by Yaw Buaben Asamoa in full:
NPP welcomes constructive analysis: EIU 2024
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has reacted to the latest report on Ghana by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), which predicts that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is in pole position to win the 2024 presidential election with a fresh candidate.
“The former president, John Mahama, is reportedly considering running again, but we expect the opposition NDC to try to revitalise its prospects with a fresh candidate.
“Our baseline forecast is that 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 EIU said. “The NDC, therefore, stands a reasonable chance of winning the 2024 elections.”
In response, the national communications director of the NPP, Yaw Buaben Asamoa, said: “The EIU hangs its prediction on the usual assumption. That presidential power has been rotating over eight-year periods in the Fourth Republic is a fact so far.
“If NDC wins, it will not be news. But if the NPP wins, it would be a remarkable achievement that would demonstrate the coming of age of electoral politics in Ghana. In other words, an NPP victory in 2024, popularly dubbed ‘Breaking the Eight’, would be a more unusual event than an NDC victory, based on the history of elections in the Fourth Republic.”
Below is the statement by Yaw Buaben Asamoa in full:
NPP welcomes constructive analysis: EIU 2024
