“The NPP’s attitude towards
this polling is worrying; they treat me as God, I feel humbled but I’m
not God. If I’ve done five polls and I’ve got one wrong I should walk
with my chest out” Ephson said on Kasapa FM Wednesday.
Ephson’s
style of polling failed to accurately predict Ghana’s presidential
election’s outcome as his tip, Incumbent John Mahama was massively
defeated in the general elections held on December 7.
According
to the poll, the governing National Democratic Candidate (NDC)
presidential candidate was expected to garner 52.4 percent of the votes
while his main rival Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) would
get 45.9 percent.
The other five presidential candidates, according to the forecast were not expected to even contribute more than 1.7 percent.
Following
the defeat of President Mahama, there have been pressure mounting on
him to apologize to the electorate for the wrongful prediction.
But
Speaking on Kasapa FM, Ephson who is also the Managing Editor of the
Dispatch newspaper said those calling for his head over what has been
widely criticized as a deceptive polls are not serious.
Despite admitting to wrongful predictions, he insists he will only consider readjusting his method and move on.
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