Akufo-Addo: 54% Of Ghanaians Want President To Step Down According To New Poll

Akufo-Addo: 54% Of Ghanaians Want President To Step Down According To New Poll

  • President Akufo-Addo's approval rating has dipped further as a new poll shows majority of Ghanaians want him out
  • The poll by Global InfoAnalytics found that 54% of the over 1,000 Ghanaians interviewed want the president to step down
  • Also, 78% of respondents want Dr Mahamudu Bawumia changed as head of the Economic Management Team

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A recently conducted opinion poll on the president by Global InfoAnalytics shows 54% of the residents want him out of office.

According to the pollsters, 40% of the Ghanaian respondents polled are against calls for Nana Akufo-Addo to step down as president. The remaining 6% did not have an opinion.

Also, the snap poll found that a huge majority of respondents support the call for the Economic Management Team (EMT), led by vice president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to be reshuffled.

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Ghanaians want president Nana Akufo-Addo to step down according to a new poll.
President Nana Akufo-Addo has been president for 6 years. His second term will end in 2024. Source: UGC.
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As many as 78% of respondents support the call for the Bawumia-led EMT to be replaced, while only 18% said they are opposed it. A meagre 4% failed to offer an opinion.

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The poll that sampled the views of 1407 Ghanaians revealed that only 12% of respondents said Akufo-Addo’s address on the economy inspired them, while 25% said it was uninspiring.

Some 22% of respondents said the speech addressed the major issues, while 38% thought it did not address the main issues.

For former president John Mahama’s speech on the economy, only 11% respondents said it was inspiring, 9% said it was uninspiring.

However, 38% said it addressed the major issues, whilst 11% said it did not address the issues and 6% did not express an opinion.

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On which of the two speeches by the politicians gave, the poll found that 56% of respondents felt Mahama’s speech gave more hope as compared to Nana Akufo-Addo’s speech, which scored a poor 16% for hopefulness.

Some 15% said none of the two speeches inspired hope, while 11% felt both speeches gave hope.

Some 43% respondents also believed that former president John Mahama will do a better job if he was managing the current economic crisis. Only 14% said they trusted Bawumia to do a better job, while 17% mentioned presidential hopeful Alan Kyerematen. Only 1% felt Dr Kwabena Duffuor will do a better job.

According to Global InfoAnalytics, data for the poll was obtained from respondents through interviews between October 31 and November 1, 2022.

Adwoa Safo: Dome-Kwabenya MP Returns To Ghana After Months Of Absence Ahead Of Debate To Decide Her Fate

Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh has reported in a separate story that the Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has returned to Ghana after months of absence.

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The MP took a long break from her parliamentary duties to attend to her private family business in the United States of America.

Her long absence from her legislative role nearly cost her the seat as party officials and the leadership of the Majority caucus initiated an action to kick her out.

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Source: YEN.com.gh

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