{"id":92449,"date":"2025-09-02T17:22:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T17:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=92449"},"modified":"2025-09-02T17:22:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T17:22:30","slug":"akwatia-by-election-ndc-has-no-hand-in-vote-buying-tanko-computer-defends-partys-integrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=92449","title":{"rendered":"Akwatia by-election: NDC has no hand in vote buying \u2013 Tanko-Computer defends party\u2019s integrity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Deputy Director of Elections and Information Technology for the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Rashid Tanko-Computer, has denied allegations that the party is engaging in vote buying in the ongoing Akwatia by-election, describing such claims as unfounded and inconsistent with the NDC\u2019s track record.<\/p>\n

Speaking on JoyNews\u2019 The Pulse on Tuesday, Mr Tanko-Computer defended his party\u2019s electoral conduct, insisting that inducement of voters has never been part of the NDC\u2019s political strategy past or present.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI can speak for my party, the NDC, that we are not involved in these acts of vote buying. Indeed, it has not been part of us; it is not part of our processes. We hardly do that in any of our elections,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Pointing to the party\u2019s resounding victory in the 2024 general elections, he argued that the NDC\u2019s success was built on policy and public trust not monetary influence.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf we were to be involved in vote buying, do you think we would have won the 2024 election? Look at the massive victory Ghanaians gave us. Do we have that kind of money?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mr Tanko-Computer noted that the NDC, having spent eight years in opposition prior to 2024, lacked the financial clout to outspend the then-incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP), which he accused of distributing \u201ctons of money\u201d during the previous campaign period.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBeing in opposition for eight years, we couldn\u2019t have withstood the NPP with the thongs of money they were distributing all over. But we won the election because we had a superior message and the people bought into it and voted massively for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He further questioned why a party that had earned public trust and had only been in office for eight months with visible improvements to show would suddenly resort to inducement tactics.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have done enough for them. The people are living testimonies. They are telling us what they used to buy in the market now the prices have slashed drastically. So, they have a lot more money in their pockets. They are enjoying these things, so why would we need to use money to induce them?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Turning the spotlight on the opposition, Mr Tanko-Computer accused the NPP of continuing what he described as a long-standing culture of vote buying.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is our colleagues \u2014 that is their modus operandi. They have been doing it. And today, they haven\u2019t changed. They are all over the place, dashing money left and right. They still have huge monies with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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