“Prof Naana Jane as Vice Presidential candidate didn’t help NDC” Political analyst

2020 Ghana Elections is done and dusted. And at the end of the day, President Nana Akufo-Addo has won John Mahama for the second time.

Before the elections, expectations were high that due to the corruption scandals that plagued Nana Addo’s government, Mahama had a higher chance of winning.

Others also said Prof Naana Jane who was NDC’s running mate could give them an advantage as it is the first in Ghana’s history that a woman was selected to run the race for such high office.

Well, a political analyst and governance expert, Frederick Agyarko Oduro has come out to say that choosing Naana Jane didn’t help NDC.

According to Mr. Oduro who described the party’s decision as “experiment”, his assertion is based on analysis of the elections results and not a research he has conducted.

“I think the experiment of taking a woman Vice Presidential candidate was something that did not work for the Former President John Dramani Mahama”, he told GBC radio in an interview monitored by MyNewsGH.com.

According to him, the fact that President Akufo-Addo won almost all the 22 constituencies polling 613,804 votes in the Central Region alone with NDC wining 538,829 is an indication that, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyeman did not do well in her own region.

He challenged the NDC’s Vice Presidential saying at least Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyeman could have helped to win Komenda area where she comes from.

The political expert again applauded Former President Mahama saying he did well in the Greater Accra Region hence if his running mate had worked a little hard to poll votes from the Central Region, the NDC could have made a great change in the election results.

Meanwhile the NDC in the parliamentary elections was able to increase its seats from 3 to 12 seats now.