[ 2014-12-20 ]

NDC chairmanship is a two-horse race – Ben Ephson predicts
Pollster Ben Ephson has ruled out Dan Abodakpi,
former MP for Keta and Alhaji Hudu Yahaya, who is
a vice Chairman, in the race for the chairmanship
slot of the governing National Democratic Congress
(NDC).

According to him, the position would be a
"straight fight" between the incumbent Dr. kwabena
Adjei and NADMO boss Kofi Portuphy.

Seventy (70) candidates are slugging it out for 15
national executive positions at the party’s
national delegates' congress on Saturday December
20 in Kumasi. About 4600 delegates are expected to
cast their ballots to elect the NDC’s leadership
for the next four years.

As the mop-up campaigns come to a close, the
elections committee of the party has announced
that candidates will not be allowed to address the
delegates tomorrow.

Mr. Ephson told Francis Abban on Joy FM’s Top
Story Friday that until the end, it would be
difficult to decide between Mr. Kofi Portuphy and
Dr. Kwabena Adjei who will win the chairmanship
slot.

He is, however, predicting a “political
mischief” tomorrow as the contest gets keener
but warned it could backfire.

A total of 17 persons are vying for the six vice
chairmanship positions including former Attorney
General, Betty Mould Iddrisu; a former Minister of
Local Government, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo; and former
Board Chairman of the National Disability Council,
Andrew Okaikoi.

Mrs. Mould Iddrisu is banking her hope on the huge
number of women delegates to make it to the top
six, but Mr. Ephson said it is a bad bet.

“Women don’t vote for women,” he stated.

For the National Organizer position, the pollster
expects incumbent Yaw Boateng Gyan’s camp to
capitalise on the infamous Kofi Adams tape, which
portrayed him as a disloyal party member, even
though he was cleared of that allegation. It would
certainly backfire so far as persons who are
abreast with the tape are concerned, he asserted.

Many see Kofi Adams as the favourite of party
founder, former President Jerry John Rawlings. Mr.
Ephson, however, said what the founder would say
tomorrow would be a deciding factor, which can
even affect Mr. Adams' chances.

For the former Member of Parliament for Adenta
constituency, Adu Asare, he is only adding to the
number in the deputy secretary race; that is Mr.
Ephson’s verdict.

He would be going up against incumbent George
Lawson and former communications director at the
presidency Koku Anyidoho for the two available
positions.

Source - Joy News

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