The National Communications Authority (NCA) Director General Joe Anokye has been indirectly criticized by Ghanaian politician A Plus for not working his magic and winning the New Patriotic Party (NPP) election on December 7, 2024.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2016 Presidential Elections Campaign's Director of Technology was Joe Anokye before he was appointed director of the NCA.
During this period, he created the election results management software that made it possible to calculate the presidential and legislative results of the 2016 Ghanaian general elections quickly and accurately.
Less than eight (8) hours after voting closed, the NPP was able to effectively forecast the results of the 2016 Ghanaian general elections thanks to the systems.
In the 2020 General Elections, Mr. Anokye repeated his 2016 election performance as the Director of Technology and Digital Operations for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential and Parliamentary Campaign.
The Electoral Commission (EC) chairperson, Charlotte Osei, declared that the commission's electronic vote transmission system had been compromised during Ghana's 2016 general elections.
Because of her remark, Joe Anokye came under suspicion of manipulating the election to benefit the NPP.
When the 2024 election did not go the NPP's way, A Plus turned to his X page to mock Joe Anokye for not abetting the NPP's win.
According to A Plus, the 2016 and 2020 elections were won by the NPP because of the grassroot commitment and hard work, which were claimed by Joe Anokye.
He wrote on X, “Joe Anokye, the so-called man from NASA, who supposedly used his ‘technological expertise’ to secure victory for the NPP in 2016, couldn’t ‘NASA’ this election? Joe Anokye, do you now see that it was the hard work of the NPP foot soldiers that won the election in 2016? When the people demand change and the grassroots work tirelessly to ensure victory, someone from the shadows suddenly appears to claim the credit. So, why couldn’t you use your ‘NASA magic’ to win this election as well? Anaa wo NASA no asa?”