Politicians oblivious of the needs of the people - NCCE

A survey conducted by the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) indicates that, most of the political parties have lost touch with the real needs of the voting communities and real beating about with messages that do not mean anything to the electorates.

The study which was extensively carried out in all 275 constituencies involved 7, 435 people from all sections of professions with people within the voting age.

The survey sponsored by the European Union indicated that, education, health and employment has been the expectation of the majority of Ghanaians, but these have not been addressed, to the disappointment of many voters.

The Deputy Commissioner of the NCCE, Samuel Akuamoah told Nyankonton Mu Nsem that, most of the campaign messages are not the real needs of the people and this can cause apathy in the voting trends. He was unhappy with increasing number of rejected ballot papers.

Quoting a portion of the report, which indicates that, people thump print many boxes because they have taken monies from contestants and therefore to satisfy the demands of the curse, they thumbprint for anyone from whom they have taken money from.