{"id":6964,"date":"2019-12-10T20:28:53","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T20:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=6964"},"modified":"2019-12-10T20:28:53","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T20:28:53","slug":"take-afrobarometer-report-serious-allotey-jacobs-tells-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/take-afrobarometer-report-serious-allotey-jacobs-tells-parties","title":{"rendered":"Take Afrobarometer report serious \u2013 Allotey Jacobs tells parties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Allotey Jacobs<\/p>\n<p>Former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged political parties to take the Afrobarometer report serious because it is their textbook for governance.<\/p>\n<p>According to Chairman Allotey Jacobs, it is important for political parties to take cues from the report instead of criticising it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGone are the days when we all criticised the Afrobarometer report but on a hindsight, it is important to look at those sides that would benefit us and learn from it,\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Adom FM\u2019s Dwaso Nsem, Tuesday, he said parties must endeavor to build strategies from the reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a textbook for the two major parties and depends on having a third eye to read and strategise to take advantage of the report to make something big out of it,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n<p>The comments of Mr Jacobs follow the release of portions of the 2019 Afrobarometer report on the views of Ghanaians on the incumbent government\u2019s performance and its alternative, the NDC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allotey Jacobs Former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged political parties to take the Afrobarometer report serious because it is their textbook for governance. 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