A Deputy Director for the Center for Democratic Development (CDD), Franklin Oduro \u00a0has labeled some government communicators who have criticized the latest Afrobarometer report \u00a0on Ghana, as \u201cignorant\u201d of the facts.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is very challenging sitting back and you find people who are managing our affairs, who are entrusted with the management of our society of our country exhibit some kind of ignorance, and I must say that I hope it\u2019s not deliberate I hope it\u2019s just that they don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the report which sampled the views of 2,400 Ghanaians, 76% of the them were pessimistic about the country\u2019s economic prospects <\/a><\/strong><\/span>for 2015.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”FbbKNrsVBhw8feSi5luCdK9WwJ9ZJ9Yk”]Government has heavily criticized the credibility of the report claiming it is not objective<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0and politically skewed because 750 out of the 2,400 of the sampled size were from the political stronghold of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).<\/p>\n Government is currently struggling to improve the ailing\u00a0economy with its home grown policies while seeking support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a possible way.<\/p>\n Speaking on the Big Issue<\/strong> on Saturday, the CDD’s Deputy Director insisted that the report was a fair representation of the views of Ghanaians.<\/p>\n He indicated that \u201cit is for us to explain and educate Ghanaians that what we call the national representative sample should always reflect the proportion of the sample of the national population in the various regions.\u201d<\/p>\n The Deputy Communications Minister, Felix Kwakye-Ofosu, earlier argued that the survey was conducted at a time when the country was facing severe economic conditions which may not be prevalent in the country currently.<\/p>\n Government was compelled to initiate discussions with the IMF to help salvage the nation\u2019s economy<\/a><\/strong><\/span> which has been hit with huge budget deficit, high inflation rates, huge wage bill, \u00a0rising cost of living and huge public debt.<\/p>\n