{"id":54134,"date":"2022-11-08T07:44:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T07:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=54134"},"modified":"2022-11-08T07:44:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T07:44:36","slug":"polls-on-current-economic-crisis-biased-npp-communications-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=54134","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Polls on current economic crisis biased \u2013 NPP Communications Director<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The New Patriotic Party Communications Director, Richard Ahiagbah, has downplayed the growing discontent with the Akufo-Addo government, which has been reflected in polls and recent protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on&nbsp;<strong>The Point of View<\/strong>, Mr. Ahiagbah said Ghana\u2019s economic crisis, which he maintains has external causes, skewed the poll because \u201cthe whole world is not going in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recent poll by Global Info Analytics has indicated that 77 percent of Ghanaians believe the country is heading in the wrong direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This comes amid crippling inflation and fuel prices that have left many Ghanaians frustrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Mr. Ahiagbah remarked that \u201cI think polling in this environment is biased, to begin with, because people\u2019s emotions are in a certain place, so you are going to get a predictable outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat is really of consequence is the effort and the commitment of the government that is in power who for some reason is caught up in this global economic downturn,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But responding to Mr. Ahiagbah on the show, the organiser of the recent \u2018Ku Me Preko\u2019 protest, Martin Kpebu slammed the NPP communicator\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Kpebu told him: \u201cdon\u2019t ever say that in public again because the more you say people are being emotional, the more people will come at you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur savings, your money in the bank or under your bed, over 60 percent of its value is gone, and you say people are being emotional?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=\/j6wj-bgY8XI\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=\/j6wj-bgY8XI<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEND A STORY:<\/strong>\u00a0Do you have a story for us or need a promotion \/ advertisement? 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