Ben Ephson is one of the seasonal electoral pollsters when it comes to Ghana’s electoral matters both at the National level and internal party levels. However, most of his predictions do not reflect the true accuracy of the situation on the ground, he mostly gets it wrong with his predictions.
Ahead of the 2016 general elections, Ben Ephson predicted a Victory for John Mahama but after the elections, John Mahama and NDC lost the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections miserably. Ben Ephson predicted defeat for Nana Akufo-Addo in 2016 but Nana Akufo-Addo won the 2016 Presidential election with an unprecedented margin of almost 1 million votes difference.
Ahead of the 2018 National Delegates Conference of NPP in Koforidua, Eastern Region, Pollster Ben Ephson predicted a defeat for Henry Nana Boakye(Nana B) yet the delegates of NPP rewarded Henry Nana Boakye with a victory after the contest. Dominic Eduah was predicted by Ben Ephson as the ultimate winner yet Dominic Eduah lost the contest.
The predictions of Ben Ephson is NOT always 100% Right or truthful according to the prevailing circumstances on the ground.
Chairman Wontumi shall beat all his opponents and massively win the Ashanti Regional Chairman to once again discredit the predictions of Ben Ephson.
Chairman Wontumi as human as he is has its own flaws and challenges but truthfully he is the only one that has the audacity, strategies, boldness and confidence to combat the mafia strategies of the NDC ahead of the 2024 general elections. Certainly, there is always room for improvement.
Written: Isaac Nyamekye, Lecturer and Political Analyst.