Mr Percival Kofi Akpaloo, the Founder and Leader of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), has stated that most Ghanaians do not pay critical attention to politicians' knowledge or listen carefully to their campaign themes, but rather pursue money to vote for them.
Most delegates are accused of accepting payments from aspirants in exchange for voting for them during elections.
"Those who are enlightened do not require someone to give them money before they will vote for them," Percival Kofi Akpaloo stated on Atinka TV's morning show, Ghana Nie, with Ekourba Gyasi Simpremu. "However, there are those who will vote for someone because of GHC10 or GHC20."
This is because some individuals are willing to accept GHC10 or GHC20 since they are unaware of the significance of elections."
In calculating his votes for the 2020 elections, he stated the LPG received around 8000 votes and that they paid no one.
Mr Akpaloo, on the other hand, accused the NPP of paying bribes to many Ghanaians who voted for them regardless of their campaign rhetoric in the 2020 elections.
"It will bother me if you tell me there was no money involved." Can you say that the delegates who attended the NPP's regional conference did not take any money with them?
If you were present and witnessed the delegates accepting money in order to vote, you will do the same when it is your turn. When the national election comes along, they'll tell you to pay so they can vote for you," Mr Akpaloo continued.
Meanwhile, according to his study, while Ghanaians overwhelmingly support and vote for the two major political parties, they also support and vote for minor parties during elections.
He claimed that this prompted him to investigate why minor parties were not winning elections despite receiving some votes.
Mr Akpaloo said that there were no MPs from minor parties, claiming that this was due to the fact that most MPs paid to win the election.
"It's about money," he explained, "therefore nowadays, if someone wants to be an MP, he needs to conduct himself as if he has money, not as if he is come to serve the nation."
Meanwhile, he stated that as long as the LPG remains, Ghanaians can pick minor parties to lead instead of the two big political parties.
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