[ 2021-02-19 ]

Projection of election results by media apt – Oppong Nkrumah
Information Minister-designate, Kojo Oppong
Nkrumah has said there is nothing wrong with
projection of election results by the media in the
country.


The Ofoase Ayirebi Member of Parliament said
during his vetting by the Appointments Committee
of Parliament on Thursday February 18 that the
projections by the media should not be
misconstrued to be declaration of results.



Asked for his views on whether or not media
projections of election results help Ghana’s
democracy, he said the practice is best for the
oil producing West African nation.

“In January 2009 when the 3rd round of that
election had been concluded,” he said, “I
participated in the projection of the election
results at Multi Media Group Limited to the effect
that the candidate of the NDC, Professor John
Evans Atta Mills, God bless his soul, was going to
be the winner of that election.”

The former broadcaster added “A projection is
not a declaration. A projection is a statistical
analysis based on all the votes that have come in
and what is outstanding.

“And as democracies mature the media practice
matures. It actually helps the democracy because
as the results come in from the 275 constituencies
and as media, political science analysts, civil
society groups before the full glare of the
country going through the figures and doing the
analysis and projecting, not declaring, they are
in a place to now settle and conscientise the
minds of the population about where this election
is most likely going to end.

“I do not see anything wrong with it.”

“I believe that it is part of the growth of the
media and its protection that we are talking about
and all efforts that can be made to deepen and to
strengthen our democracy and things associated
with elections should not be discouraged,” he
added

Source - 3 News

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