The Majority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, has noted that the National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, is giving his party members a false sense of hope concerning the December 7 general elections.

In an interview on JoyNews’ AM Show, the Majority Leader urged Asiedu Nketiah to stop making predictions when elections are yet to be held.

“The National Chairman of the opposition NDC should stop this. How can he say that the NDC would win the elections if they were held today with a 52% margin?” he asked.

“Was he not the same person, along with his party leaders, who said the 2020 elections had been rigged in favour of the NPP, and petitioned the Supreme Court? What was the outcome of the petition at the Supreme Court?

“Recently, it has surfaced that the NDC, including their then General Secretary and now National Chairman, Asiedu Nketiah, knew that they had no evidence of any rigging or collusion between the EC and NPP but still went to court. They deceived their party members when they alleged they had enough evidence to prove their claim. This is what I am talking about—he should not be preparing their minds for victory, and when it does not come, then they agitate,” he advised.

He emphasised that, at this juncture, the NDC should not be creating the impression that they have won the elections already when that can only be determined on December 7. In his view, the NPP is capable of winning the elections.

Touching on SSNIT’s decision to sell off some hotels, Mr Markin appealed to SSNIT to explain to Ghanaians why it is offloading its shares in these hotels and all other assets they had disposed of, along with the reasons behind such decisions.