Response to Mussa Dankwah’s Poll on NDC Internal Elections – Abass Fuseini Sbaabe writes

By Comrade Abass Fuseini Sbaabe

Mussa Dankwah predicted the NPP primaries and he got it right. He predicted the 2024 general elections and he got it right. He predicted victories of certain parties in specific constituencies and he got them right. He predicted the Ablekuma North and Akwatia elections and again, he got them right.

It would therefore be politically unwise to dismiss his polls today simply because they do not favour your preferred candidate. If data has spoken, why allow emotions to cloud it?

When Mussa once said of the Akwatia by-election, “the NPP is leading, but that does not mean they are winning the seat,” some misunderstood him. Yet a few days before the vote, he returned to say the NDC was on course to win, and indeed, the NDC won.

The lesson is clear: early polls are not prophecies. They only capture the status quo of the moment. Time, strategy, and sacrifice can change them or confirm them.

So whether your candidate sits at the top or the bottom of Mussa’s latest internal polls, you must embrace this truth: every camp has a daunting task ahead.

If your aspirant is leading, do not celebrate too early. Your work has only begun. You must break your backs to keep him there, for many have led in early polls only to stumble at the finish line.

If your aspirant is trailing, do not panic. This is a wake-up call. It means double your steps, sweat harder, and sharpen your strategy. Elections are not won on paper; they are won in the field, alley by alley, door to door, branch by branch.

And let us not forget: none of those whose names appeared in this poll has openly declared their intention to succeed John Dramani Mahama. Support expressed today is based on past knowledge or hearsay. Once some of those mentioned decline interest, the whole picture will shift in favour of some and against others.

Above all, the real kingmakers have not yet been elected.
In this study, Mussa Dankwah is telling us about voters preferences and not the preferences of the delegates.
The decisive moment lies ahead in the branch elections, about a year from now. That is where the true story will be written. That is where the candidate who invests in the grassroots will rise. Indeed, a poll of this nature conducted after the branch elections will mirror the real outcome of any future contest in the NDC.

So let us not be deceived by early numbers. Let us not grow complacent in a lead or despair in a deficit. Polls are not the final word; they are simply mirrors reflecting where we stand today. The future belongs to those who will not sleep, who will not relent, and who will not betray the call of the grassroots.

In shaa Allah, victory shall smile on the one who listens, serves, and sacrifices most for the people.