The Centre for Sustainable African Development Initiatives, a think tank based in the United Kingdom, is predicting a landslide victory for Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in this weekend’s Special Delegates Conference of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Specially selected delegates of the ruling party go to the poll this Saturday, August 26, to select five people out of the 10 who have filed to be elected flagbearer of the party in the main Congress in November.
The Centre for Sustainable African Development Initiatives’ survey, which targeted special delegates across the country, tips Vice President Bawumia to win over 70% of the votes, with the rest earning paltry percentages amongst them.
According to results of the poll, Dr. Bawumia will win the Super Delegates with a landslide of 72.6%, while his closest challenger, Alan Kyerematen will place second with 7.7%.
Controversial legislator, Kennedy Agyepong is expected to place 3rd with 4.3% while the party’s former General Secretary, Kwabena Agyepong is tipped to get 1.3%. Former Agric Minister Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto is also tipped to be among the top 5 who will be selected with a paltry 0.6%.
The report, however gives hope to the rest, as a significant 13% of respondents were undecided at the time of the poll. What this means is that the 13% can spread to all, and if trend analysis were to be applied, then it is likely Dr. Bawumia will extend his commanding percentage lead.
According to the survey, the main bases for assessing candidates by delegates were; the vision of the candidate for the party and country, as well as the competence of the candidate.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
Among the research questions the delegates were asked were; who are the top 5 candidates to be elected by the delegates of NPP’s Special Electoral College? On what basis do delegates assess a candidate for the NPP flagbearer position?
