NPP/NDC told not to be deceived by opinion polls

Kumasi, Aug 11, GNA - Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom, Flagbearer of the Convention People's Party (CPP), has cautioned the two major political parties not to be deceived by opinion polls and surveys that seemed to put them ahead in the upcoming general elections.

He told the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that socio-economic conditions that prevail in the country currently suggested otherwise.

Speaking to the Ghana News Agency in an interview in Kumasi at the weekend, Dr Nduom said the citizens were yearning for a change of government after both parties had thrown the country into untold hardships and poverty due to the mismanagement of the economy. He granted the interview after he presented a paper on his Party's vision on rural development at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).

Dr Nduom said his countrywide tour had given him the confidence that the CPP was gaining grounds especially among the youth in the rural areas.

"Wherever we go the electorate are yearning for the come-back of the CPP as they had been disappointed by the two political parties with unfulfilled promises", he noted.

He called on supporters and sympathizers of the party to bury their differences and rally behind the CPP's to regain power and save the suffering masses through prudent economic policies and programmes for better living conditions.

Dr Nduom condemned in no uncertain terms the recent violence and vandalism that had characterized the ongoing voters' registration exercise and blamed the NPP and the NDC for these developments as they had been "overly aggressive".

He cautioned supporters of the two parties to exercise restraint to ensure the successful completion of the registration exercise. Dr Nduom advised the youth to vote massively for the CPP since it had good plans and programmes and was also the only alternative party that could salvage the country from its present socio-economic predicaments.