Executive Director of Global InfoAnalytics, Mussa Dankwah, has rejected suggestions that his firm’s polls on the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer race are creating division within the party, insisting instead that the surveys are helping to bring order and realism to the contest.
Responding to criticism that the ongoing polls are generating tension and confusion ahead of the NDC’s leadership race, Mr. Dankwah argued that credible polling provides aspirants with an honest assessment of their chances, preventing an overcrowded field.
“I’ve had calls from people telling me all sorts of things. Look, let me tell you, if nothing at all, the NDC should be thanking me for helping sanitize the race coming,” he said in a video circulating on social media platform X.
He drew a parallel with the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2007 presidential primary, which saw 17 aspirants contest because there was no reliable polling data at the time to guide candidates.
“Let’s remember in 2007, there was no polling in this country and every aspirant, everybody who thought he had a chance was contesting to run NPP. What happened? We had 17 candidates thinking that they could win. And up to today, the party is paying for that price,” he noted.
Mussa Dankwah explained that credible polls allow potential candidates to gauge both public and delegate sentiment, enabling those with limited support to reconsider their ambitions early and avoid wasting resources.
“If Global Info had been in existence, helping aspirant or hopeful understand the thinking of the people and the thinking of the delegates, some of them would have ruled themselves out. They wouldn’t have allowed themselves to be manipulated by people who have interest in just making money out of them,” he added.
He further revealed that some prospective aspirants had privately commissioned polls from his firm and later shelved their ambitions after the results showed they lacked sufficient backing.
“One thing, if nothing at all, they should give us credit for doing that because some people have come to us… and the poll had indicated that they are not viable and they have shelved their ambition,” he said.
Mussa Dankwah maintained that his organisation’s work should be viewed as a constructive contribution to internal party democracy rather than a source of instability.
