Ahead of the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana scheduled for November 2014, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has predicted victory for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The EIU says the NDC, obviously to be led by John Dramani Mahama are clear favour favourite to clinch victory and secure a legislative majority.
This was contained in the firm’s country report released on Friday, April 28.
“Our baseline forecast is that economic hardships, the fallout from debt restructuring and poor governance will create an anti-incumbency wave and push the electorate to seek change.
“The NDC therefore stands a strong chance of winning the 2024 presidential poll and
securing a legislative majority.”
EIU said the contests for both parties will be highly competitive “with several high-profile figures expected to contend.” The report also said there will rather be an anti-incumbency sentiment and public discontent for the government, virtually handing power over to the largest opposition party.
“We expect a transfer of power to the NDC at the 2024 elections, driven by anti-incumbency sentiment and public discontent with the current government over worsening living standards. However, irrespective of who retains power, we expect the policy to continue to focus on ensuring macroeconomic stability.”
It predicts, however, that the new government in 2025 “will face similar economic challenges to those its predecessor did, but overall political stability will be maintained, as Ghana’s main parties and citizens have faith in the country’s well-established democratic institutions and confidence that any transfer of power will be fair.”
Meanwhile, the NDC is expected to elect its Presidential Candidate on Saturday, May 13 and as expected, it’s John Dramani Mahama who is the clear favourite to lead the party once again.
On the other hand, Nana Akufo Addo is nearing his tenure therefore the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will pick a new candidate on Saturday, November 4 to battle it out with the NDC next year.
John Dramani Mahama age
John Dramani Mahama is 64 years old. He was born on 29 November 1958. is a Ghanaian politician who presided over Ghana between July 24, 2012, and January 7, 2017.
From January 2009 to July 2012, he was Ghana’s vice president. On July 24, 2012, he was inaugurated as president after the passing of John Evans Fiifi Attah Mills.
Mahama is a historian, author, and communication specialist. He was a National Democratic Congress (NDC) member and the Member of Parliament for Bole Bamboi from 1997 to 2009; he also held the positions of Deputy Minister for Communications from 1997 to 1998 and Minister for Communications in charge from 1998 to.
Being the first Ghanaian head of state to be born after the country’s independence, Dramani is the first vice president to succeed John Evans Atta Mills in the presidency. After the election in December 2012, he was chosen to hold the office of President full-time.
He ran for re-election for a second term in 2016 but lost to Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party in 2012. As a result, he became Ghana’s first president to never be elected to a second term.
