Polls prediction recipe for chaos — Veep

The Vice-President, Mr Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, has deplored the churning out of opinion polls that predict victory for one political party or another in the upcoming general election, saying that such predictions are a recipe for chaos.

He argued that supporters of the political party that was predicted to win the election could engage in violent behaviour should that party end up losing the election and, therefore, asked the intellectual community to desist from publishing misleading polls.

Campaign

Mr Amissah-Arthur expressed this concern at Enyan-Abassah in the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam Constituency last Friday when he addressed various rallies in the Central Region as part of his campaign tour of the region.

The Vice-President, who returned to the region to solicit votes for President John Mahama ahead of the crucial presidential and parliamentary elections, also bemoaned the relentless attacks on the Electoral Commission by some political actors.

Such attacks, according to him, were attempts by some politicians to set the agenda to reject the outcome of the election should it not go their way, a development he described as unhealthy for Ghana’s democratic experiment.

He underscored the need for leaders of the various political parties to conduct their campaigns with civility devoid of insults and name-calling.

Mr Amissah-Arthur, who inaugurated a dormitory block for the Enyan-Abassah Technical College, reiterated the government’s commitment to provide quality education to Ghanaians.

Manifesto

He said the 2016 manifesto of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was directed at putting people first which, among other things, involved providing quality education and health for the people.

He assured the electorate that the next NDC administration would see the government invest more in social services including education and health to better the lives of the people.

The Chief of Enyan-Abassah, Osagyefo Kwame Akwanu III, commended the government for its support to complete the school; the construction was initiated by the community.

He said the community in 1986 decided to construct a technical college but was unable to continue the project until the government supported the community to complete the school; the dormitory inauguration saw excitement on the faces of the people.

The chief enumerated an administration block, staff bungalows, and boarding facilities as some of the needs of the school and asked the government to come to the aid of the school to deliver those facilities.

Rallies

Mr Amissah-Arthur, who addressed rallies at Essiam and Etsi Sonkwa, introduced the sitting Member of Parliament and the NDC parliamentary candidate for Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam, Mr Cassiel Ato Forson.

Earlier, the Vice-President and his campaign team had addressed rallies at Gomoa Afansi in the Gomoa Central constituency where he asked the electorate to re-elect Ms Rachel Appoh come December 7.

The team also made a whistle-stop in the Agona West Constituency to address separate rallies. The Member of Parliament seeking re-election, Mr Charles Obeng-Inkoom, was introduced to the people.

The former National Organiser of the NDC, Mr Yaw Boateng Gyan; a Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Ms Barbara Serwaa Asamoah, were among the dignitaries who addressed the rally. They called on the electorate to turn out in their numbers and vote for President Mahama.