Why the NDC lost the 2016 elections – Ace Ankomah speaks

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Collins Anim 7 years ago

ndc lost bcos of wanton corruption and gross mismanagement. i dont know why this ace ankomah is sugarcoating it.

ndc lost bcos of wanton corruption and gross mismanagement. i dont know why this ace ankomah is sugarcoating it.
Mahamoud 7 years ago

Believe me Mr. Ace Ankomah; the real cause of their humiliating defeat is their inability to rig the elections again. They successfully stole the verdict of Ghanaians in 2012 and were planning to rig the elections again in th ...
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Believe me Mr. Ace Ankomah; the real cause of their humiliating defeat is their inability to rig the elections again. They successfully stole the verdict of Ghanaians in 2012 and were planning to rig the elections again in the last elections. Unfortunately for them, they didn't know that Ghanaians and the NPP party were fully prepared to face them squarely because NDC had been stealing their verdict since 1992. Although the NDC electoral thieves mastered all the rigging tactics, NPP was very vigilant and fully prepared to prevent them from stealing the verdict again.

The world has changed so much since 1992, and NDC can no longer rely on rigged elections to rule Ghanaians who have been yearning for democracy and fair play.
DEAR 7 years ago

NPP ACTED POSITIVELY BY USING THE BLOATED VOTERS REGISTER TO RIG THE ELECTIONS.

NPP ACTED POSITIVELY BY USING THE BLOATED VOTERS REGISTER TO RIG THE ELECTIONS.
Kofi K 7 years ago

KOfi Adams blamed NDC defeat to what he described as "OUR SYSTEM FAILURE". The EC said, "Their System was hacked into and the electronic transmission results they were receiving kept changing".
Karbo of the NPP said on Peace ...
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KOfi Adams blamed NDC defeat to what he described as "OUR SYSTEM FAILURE". The EC said, "Their System was hacked into and the electronic transmission results they were receiving kept changing".
Karbo of the NPP said on Peace FM, "We beat them to their own game"
Only the NDC and the NPP can tell us what actually went on after the counting.
OFORI NYARKO 7 years ago

Mr. Ace Ankomah, please now that the NPP has won the elections, Ghanaians want you to continue with your OCCUPY GHANA activities. We have always said that Occupy Ghana is an NPP sponsored organisation. We want therefore to s ...
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Mr. Ace Ankomah, please now that the NPP has won the elections, Ghanaians want you to continue with your OCCUPY GHANA activities. We have always said that Occupy Ghana is an NPP sponsored organisation. We want therefore to see you and your members continuing with your hitherto activities after 07 January 2017. You hypocrites and NPP card holders.
yuio 7 years ago

Foolish and senseless talk

Foolish and senseless talk
BOY KOFI 7 years ago

Ghanaians prefere milk to infrastructure.That's exactly what Dr Kwame Nkrumah observed after carefully reflecting on his down fall.That's the same reason why Kuffour campaign on milk and honey in 2000 to unseat NDC1.Prez Maha ...
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Ghanaians prefere milk to infrastructure.That's exactly what Dr Kwame Nkrumah observed after carefully reflecting on his down fall.That's the same reason why Kuffour campaign on milk and honey in 2000 to unseat NDC1.Prez Mahama was warned to change his Finance Minister or loss the elections but didn't listen.The Northerners launched the most devastating allégations against the President that could have ended his tenure even before the7th Dec.2016.Above all,NDC promised to build 200 new SHS buildings in 4 years but the promise was not met. I've no surprise that they lost.The same thing will happen to NPP if they fail to build 216 new district factories in 4 years.Thank you.
DKB 7 years ago

Look at you, you were the same person saying Mahama will win hands down, now you claim he didn't listen, people like you just piss me off, opportunist who come with predictions after the event. Mahama did not lose because he ...
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Look at you, you were the same person saying Mahama will win hands down, now you claim he didn't listen, people like you just piss me off, opportunist who come with predictions after the event. Mahama did not lose because he could not complete the 200 SHS buildings, he lost because he was surrounded by an incompetent team who were greedy, selfish, kleptomanics and disrespectful. They would have collapsed the economy because they were not even clever enough or did not care to see how their appetite for borrowing was crippling the economy, their high taxes killing businesses and AND finally they were not able to rig the election as they did in 2012. Never in the history of Ghana has an incumbent government lost by over 1 million votes. "Kwasia eni ti a na argro asa`"
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 7 years ago

Hey big mouth, why don't you go away with your bullshit, huh? Most of my own family members, though NDCs, secretly voted NPP and their reason were far from that of yours and same were the stories across. Read my below to lear ...
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Hey big mouth, why don't you go away with your bullshit, huh? Most of my own family members, though NDCs, secretly voted NPP and their reason were far from that of yours and same were the stories across. Read my below to learn why.
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 7 years ago

Some of your above reasons were a contributing factor and some were mere speculation thrown out there for everybody to have his or her take at it. Yes, Ghanaians prefers milk to infrastructure and history has thought us again ...
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Some of your above reasons were a contributing factor and some were mere speculation thrown out there for everybody to have his or her take at it. Yes, Ghanaians prefers milk to infrastructure and history has thought us again the cruel candidate she really is on that score. However, what really did my NDC party serious in was her inability to pay workers their supposedly salaries and allowances for close to a year, if not more across board.

Now, who on earth expect these same masses to go to the polls and vote yet again for the same party that is subjecting them to these unpleasant conditions. In short, their message was simple, fuck you and your so-called widespread infrastructure courtesy of their “Kokromotis.”

That, comrade, is the boundless whisper from the grapevine. In fact, the NDC party did this to herself and no one to blame for this, but the NDC apparatchiks.
ROSEMARY 7 years ago

JOHNMAHAMA EVEN STOLE SADA MONIES MEANT to alleviate the pains of kayayes slaving in Accra and Kumasi.... Excessive unprecedented thievery and corruption

JOHNMAHAMA EVEN STOLE SADA MONIES MEANT to alleviate the pains of kayayes slaving in Accra and Kumasi.... Excessive unprecedented thievery and corruption
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 7 years ago

My friend, the campaign epilogues of unsubstantiated fat lies are over, okay? Let's sell out the facts before the masses now.

My friend, the campaign epilogues of unsubstantiated fat lies are over, okay? Let's sell out the facts before the masses now.
abi 7 years ago

That's a good observation bro. I think Ghanaians do not understand that infrastructure is the foundation that underpin nation's development. No country can develop if there is no infrastructures to help boast the economy. if ...
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That's a good observation bro. I think Ghanaians do not understand that infrastructure is the foundation that underpin nation's development. No country can develop if there is no infrastructures to help boast the economy. if there are no good roads, no good hospitals, no good schools, no good housing etc,how can we develop as a nation? Are we just content with what the colonial masters left behind and what we are thinking of is milk to be drinking? No wonder, that is why we are moving not forward.
Ay 7 years ago

honourable can yu tell me any government who came tu power without doing one or two infrastructural development.yu cannot base yur government solely on infrastructure with the neglect of other sectors especially the economic ...
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honourable can yu tell me any government who came tu power without doing one or two infrastructural development.yu cannot base yur government solely on infrastructure with the neglect of other sectors especially the economic sector which is the backbone of every country.
Big Show 7 years ago

Number one is corruption.
Two is their unfavourable policies such as the scrapping of trainee allowances, three month pay policy, high taxes, etc.
Three is their arrogance

Number one is corruption.
Two is their unfavourable policies such as the scrapping of trainee allowances, three month pay policy, high taxes, etc.
Three is their arrogance
TAVIE 7 years ago

MAHAMA WAS AMEMBER OF PARLIAMENT WHEN CEDI REDENOMINATION COST WAS PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT BY NPP ADMINISTRATION AND AGIN HIS VICE PRESENT WAS FORMER GOVERNOR OF BANK OF GHANA SO HE CAN'T SAY HE DOESN'T KNOW THE COST OF REDEN ...
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MAHAMA WAS AMEMBER OF PARLIAMENT WHEN CEDI REDENOMINATION COST WAS PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT BY NPP ADMINISTRATION AND AGIN HIS VICE PRESENT WAS FORMER GOVERNOR OF BANK OF GHANA SO HE CAN'T SAY HE DOESN'T KNOW THE COST OF REDENOMINATION SHARE IGNORANCE
Rev. Ruben Dorla 7 years ago

It is all because, there is a fresh wind of an unconventional form of democracy blowing across the entire globe. Ghanaians have voted. It's high time tom, dick and harry know what they want.

It is all because, there is a fresh wind of an unconventional form of democracy blowing across the entire globe. Ghanaians have voted. It's high time tom, dick and harry know what they want.
Adelayita Mathias 7 years ago

Three months payment policy for the teachers and refusals for payment of e also contributed for defeat

Three months payment policy for the teachers and refusals for payment of e also contributed for defeat
the lone Prophet of Jehovah 7 years ago

They preach milk,honey and manner from heaven to deliver to Ghanaians lets wait and see period. What Kwame Nkrumah did not do for Ghana, we saw it as infrastructures and not milk and honey,later what happen or melt out to Nkr ...
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They preach milk,honey and manner from heaven to deliver to Ghanaians lets wait and see period. What Kwame Nkrumah did not do for Ghana, we saw it as infrastructures and not milk and honey,later what happen or melt out to Nkrumah we over throne him, Ghanaians are yet to understand the whiteman's culture democracy them all crazy....;In Ghana we don't vote according to long term track records but just follow blindly or copycat the western world. shalom
EBBY 7 years ago

I don't think the social media had much to do with their defeat. The most salient reason for their defeat is that the voters register is heavily bloated with ghost names and foreigners from neighbouring countries. That was th ...
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I don't think the social media had much to do with their defeat. The most salient reason for their defeat is that the voters register is heavily bloated with ghost names and foreigners from neighbouring countries. That was the trump card the EC/NDC had under their sleeves to rig the elections. However, almost all these foreigners and ghost names (which they intended to use for double voting) did not show up due to the over vigilance of NPP. That's why the national voting percentage dropped precipitously to meagre 60%. If you subtract those no-shows from the eligible voters, we had over 80% national voting percentage in this year's elections.
Therefore, NDC lost because they never had the true population to win any genuine national elections whenever the playing field is levelled.
Kojo 7 years ago

That's not really true because I have spoken to friends who refused to vote this time claiming they were fed up.

That's not really true because I have spoken to friends who refused to vote this time claiming they were fed up.
NANA 7 years ago

There's always a small insignificant minority who will not vote due to ignorance. If you were in Ghana in the lead up to the elections, you would realize that almost everyone was anxiously waiting for the D-day to vote. Voter ...
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There's always a small insignificant minority who will not vote due to ignorance. If you were in Ghana in the lead up to the elections, you would realize that almost everyone was anxiously waiting for the D-day to vote. Voter apathy was never an issue. The true Ghanaian citizens voted massively. The difference is the bloated register.
OH YES 7 years ago

The NDC last ditch attempt to rig the elections as planned with Charlotte Osei suffered a severe jolt when the system failed. NDC has not been winning elections credibly over the years.
Now this, coupled with the monumental ...
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The NDC last ditch attempt to rig the elections as planned with Charlotte Osei suffered a severe jolt when the system failed. NDC has not been winning elections credibly over the years.
Now this, coupled with the monumental incompetence, the incompetence, the dangerous level of incompetence of John Mahama which at a point became so unbearable he was literally crying, "they say I am incompetent, I am incompetent, what do you know about incompetence? They should tell me what they did, all of them in their offices. In any case my competence is not for me to decide, it is for the people of Ghana to decide" even when he had gone to the IMF for technical expertise-another word for competence, credibility, confidence and a bailout, showed clearly, Mahama was struggling to face reality, at the atrocious and unfathomable level of incompetence of this gov't.
Where is Seth Terkper and Ato Forson? Look, it was a rolling disaster of incompetence and thievery and when it crash landed, Ghana was a goner. Ghana was gone. It was an over the cliff, abyss bound state of catastrophic disaster.
Before Mahama and NDC could say jack, it was over.
the special one 7 years ago

NDC lost simply cos of economic hardship in the country. people are suffering day in day out therefore decided to change period.
Npp didn't present any convincing manifesto biaaa.

NDC lost simply cos of economic hardship in the country. people are suffering day in day out therefore decided to change period.
Npp didn't present any convincing manifesto biaaa.
pocket lawyer 7 years ago

Im not in agreement with you Mr Ankomah, the messages were wll delivered to NDC voters, the problem was lies peddled against the president and the party as corrupt government,incompetent, NPP in no occasion acknowledged infr ...
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Im not in agreement with you Mr Ankomah, the messages were wll delivered to NDC voters, the problem was lies peddled against the president and the party as corrupt government,incompetent, NPP in no occasion acknowledged infrastructure developments by NDC even though they see it and appreciate them in their minds and also our political playing field is purely tribal people vote because of tribe, we don't vote for issues,we are waiting for NPP to put money into people's pockets because it has been their campaign message because each one is complaining that the country is hard economically so we are waiting for our pocket money!
abi 7 years ago

Ghanaians prefer money in their pockets to infrastructure developments. Any government who designs a way to put money in their pockets will forever be in power. We don't care if there are no hospitals, no good roads, no good ...
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Ghanaians prefer money in their pockets to infrastructure developments. Any government who designs a way to put money in their pockets will forever be in power. We don't care if there are no hospitals, no good roads, no good schools etc. But the question is, how do we develop as a nation?
Hard-Core 7 years ago

We ll bounce back in 2016

We ll bounce back in 2016
Bismark 7 years ago

Ghanaians were convinced by NPP to believe another term for for Mahama was beyond the limit. Both NDC and NPP had done 8 years each so it was great on the part of NDC to be seeking to go beyond that never mind that there were ...
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Ghanaians were convinced by NPP to believe another term for for Mahama was beyond the limit. Both NDC and NPP had done 8 years each so it was great on the part of NDC to be seeking to go beyond that never mind that there were 2 different personalities. Mahama was even fortunate to share the 8 years with his boss something other Vice presidents never had. And Mahama had in 2008 that infrastructure was the least any incumbent do. This was used against him. The NPP though would also have a tough time in 2020. It is difficult to campaign on economic indices as the party Hseboy served notice they would concentrate on the economy and unemployment. 4 years is just too short for this to improve due to uncontrollable global influence on our economy. It is easier to do infrastructure than improve the economy or eliminate unemployment. We wait to see which is the best strategy after 2020 or 2024.
Bismark 7 years ago

..errors greatly regretted.They introduce strange meanings into the text. Sorry for that.

..errors greatly regretted.They introduce strange meanings into the text. Sorry for that.
Johnson 7 years ago

Ace is great

Ace is great
komfo 7 years ago

Blame Seth Terkper for their failure.His poor economic policies contributed greatly to the party's defeat.

Blame Seth Terkper for their failure.His poor economic policies contributed greatly to the party's defeat.
Nantwi, BSEd,MSEd(ece),MSEd(sas) 7 years ago

Patu-Bosofu will like to know where Koku Anyidoho is. Koku always talked BULLCRAB.

Patu-Bosofu will like to know where Koku Anyidoho is. Koku always talked BULLCRAB.
Yakubu 7 years ago

How much more of these undergraduate post-mortem trash are we going to endure???. All of a sudden everyone in Ghana knows how and why the NDC lost. The real reason is because after 8 years in govt, the electorate always want ...
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How much more of these undergraduate post-mortem trash are we going to endure???. All of a sudden everyone in Ghana knows how and why the NDC lost. The real reason is because after 8 years in govt, the electorate always want a change. That is it. Blaming individuals or what the NDC should or shouldn't have done is just utter nonsense.
CONCERN 7 years ago

These are most of the reasons why NDC/Mahama lost the election:
(1) High electricity prices which Ghanaians were crying and felt cheated and after all it was always DUMSOR.
(2)High water bills and yet no water flowing in th ...
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These are most of the reasons why NDC/Mahama lost the election:
(1) High electricity prices which Ghanaians were crying and felt cheated and after all it was always DUMSOR.
(2)High water bills and yet no water flowing in the mornings or most of the time. Ghanaians were crying and comparing to ex-president Kufor regime where water bills were one-tenth of the price during Mahama regime and yet water was not flowing after paying.
(3) High petrol prices at the pump whiles crude oil prices were falling. And to add insult to the citizens of Ghana NDC members mostly the ministers were getting petrol free.
(4)High school fees both high school and Universities. Comparing to ex-president Kufor regime it was one-tenth of the price during Kufor regime.
(5) High and inflated vehicle insurance. Vehicle owners were crying for help.
(6) ETC
Remember the above mentioned items affect every Ghanaian which also made life unbearable. I cannot believe NDC was only concentrating on instructress. What good it is if you rob Ghanaians with all the above mention things and leave them with unbearable life. These things affects everybody in Ghana and it did show in the election that it was a National referendum or an angry vote.
Lomo 7 years ago

You are right on.absolutely

You are right on.absolutely
Charles T. Spintex 7 years ago

I personally think NDC have never won any geniune election in Ghana. So so rigging every time.

I personally think NDC have never won any geniune election in Ghana. So so rigging every time.
Bea 7 years ago

Please NNP followers ans sympathizer were u not expecting a victory in your hard work campaign towards to 2016 elections? Why are u still going on telling the NDC what u did to make them lose. NNP is behaving like they were n ...
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Please NNP followers ans sympathizer were u not expecting a victory in your hard work campaign towards to 2016 elections? Why are u still going on telling the NDC what u did to make them lose. NNP is behaving like they were not expecting a victory in their quest for victory. You have won. PERIOD!!!. As to what lead to the NDC DEFEAT it all worked in your advantage. So please stop giving the NDC free advice that they will use to capture power. You are making NDC popular now.concentrate on your achievement and how you going to work hard for another victory.because 4 years is just around the corner. You making it look like Ghanaians should have sympathy on the NDC and bring them back soon.let sleeping dogs lie. And concentrate on the mantle ahead. Stop discussing NDC
kejetia king kong 7 years ago

We shall see

We shall see
Kofi K 7 years ago

Kofi Adams blamed NDC defeat to what he described as "THEIR SYSTEM FAILURE". The EC said, "Their System was hacked into and the electronic transmission results they were receiving kept changing".
Karbo of the NPP said on Pea ...
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Kofi Adams blamed NDC defeat to what he described as "THEIR SYSTEM FAILURE". The EC said, "Their System was hacked into and the electronic transmission results they were receiving kept changing".
Karbo of the NPP said on Peace FM, "We beat them to their own game"
Only the NDC and the NPP can tell us what actually went on after the counting.
Lomo 7 years ago

You are right on

You are right on
3dem 7 years ago

The twits were lying around in V8s while NPP candidates were campaigning on foot at 37 traffic light. Next time!!!!!!

The twits were lying around in V8s while NPP candidates were campaigning on foot at 37 traffic light. Next time!!!!!!
Kyidom 7 years ago

What kind of infrastructure are you talking about. Kuffour built over 36000km of roads in 8years whilst mahatma built less than 4000km over the same period. Check from transport ministry. No wonder mahatma was using helicopte ...
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What kind of infrastructure are you talking about. Kuffour built over 36000km of roads in 8years whilst mahatma built less than 4000km over the same period. Check from transport ministry. No wonder mahatma was using helicopters in his campaign. Most of the roads Kuffour built were from our own taxes. Mahatma loans and inflated costs. Thievery at its peak. Not even one social intervention. Ghanaians are not fools.

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