{
  "id": 6107451,
  "title": "‘October 3 is the only poll I believe in’ – Paul Afoko dismisses NPP chairmanship survey",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/october-3-is-the-only-poll-i-believe-in-paul-afoko-dismisses-npp",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-07T05:48:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/october-3-is-the-only-poll-i-believe-in-paul-afoko-dismisses-npp-chairmanship-survey/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Paul Afoko, the National Chairperson hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has dismissed opinion polls tracking the party’s chairmanship contest, asserting that delegates’ votes on October 3 will be the only genuine barometer of support. This stance emerged following a Global InfoAnalytics survey that placed former NPP General Secretary John Boadu at the top of the contenders, with 27% of NPP voters backing him, followed by former Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko at 15% and Afoko himself with 10%.\n\nDuring an interview at a thanksgiving service for newly elected Ashanti Regional Executives in Nhyiaeso Constituency, Mr Afoko expressed his confidence in his campaign, stating that his interactions with delegates had bolstered his belief. \"I don’t believe in any polls. The only poll I believe in is the October 3 poll here in Kumasi,\" he affirmed. Afoko remained unconvinced by surveys purported to gauge voters’ preferences, citing the impossibility of knowing the truth from someone’s words. \"All other polls are just speculation. And as they say, you can’t enter into a person’s mind and know whether they are telling you the truth or not.\"",
  "summary": "New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Chairperson hopeful, Paul Afoko, has rejected opinion polls tracking the party’s chairmanship contest, insisting that delegates’ votes on October 3 will provide the only meaningful measure of support.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "I don’t believe in any polls; they are just speculation – Paul Afoko",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/i-dont-believe-in-any-polls-they-are-just-speculation-paul-afoko",
        "published": "2026-09-07T08:17:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}