Hassan Ayariga, the founder of the All People’s Congress (APC) party and a former presidential candidate, predicts that voter turnout in the 2024 election will be much lower than in previous years due to the two major political parties’ constant deception and poor performance, which has left many Ghanaians disappointed.
Mr Hassan Ayariga, speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express on Wednesday, November 29, regarding the need for a common manifesto to lead national progress, stated that Ghana has reached a point when all parties must agree on a single common manifesto for the country.
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“We cannot be lying all the time to the people then when we get the votes we come up with excuses, and when we win we come back with lies. Enough of that. We have deceived the Ghanaian people for too long,” he fumed.
This year, if we are not careful, there’s going to be voter apathy and it will increase even higher than ever. We had 17 million registered voters in the previous election, but only 11 million voted. This indicates that 6 million Ghanaians did not vote.”
“It’s either they were not for the NPP or the NDC. They just don’t want to vote again because they’re tired of the political lies, political hatred and everything that politicians do to them.