IMANI, CDD deny being in bed with NPP

Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, the General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia accused the NPP of manufacturing "their own NGOs here who create reports."

He said the NPP had taken this stance because internationally acclaimed think-tank, Transparency International has recently been scoring the NDC government ‘higher and higher’ marks in its fight against corruption.

But, speaking to Accra-based Joy FM, Founder and President of IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe said "Ordinarily, I wouldn't respond to these. As you know, we don't play in this local league, so what a local politician says doesn't really bother us...We play at the continent right now.”

He also wondered why the NDC would make such allegations against his outfit after it [IMANI] had gone to the extent of verifying claims by the NPP that government had bloated figures of the cost of Ridge Hospital expansion.

On his part, the Deputy Director of Center for Democratic Development (CDD), Dr. Franklin Oduro said the allegations by the NDC are 'bogus' and lacked 'factual accuracy'.

"The Afrobarometer as you all know, I must say that the NDC itself has used the Afrobarometer in the past when they were in opposition," he said, and wondered why the NDC was making a U-turn this time.

He said CDD reports, which include the Afrobarometer survey, were credible, adding that institutions like Mo Ibrahim use their reports on the continent for their analysis.

Dr. Oduro however expressed his outfit's readiness to continue with the NDC despite the allegations.