No matter who their vice presidential candidate was, Ghanaian journalist Manasseh Azuri has maintained that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) would have met the same end.

He asserts that the failure of the NPP's vice presidential candidate, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, to garner the expected number of votes for the party is not the reason why the Ashanti Region, an NPP stronghold, did not succeed; rather, it was the result of the people's will.

He pointed out that economic hardship and poor governance affected all Ghanaians, including those in the Ashanti Region, which is why the NPP was unable to garner significant support in the area.

It seems to me that you are exaggerating how Napo failed to help the NPP win votes in the Ashanti Region. Concerns were raised over "his arrogance" and problems with his speech. That cannot be done in two ways. In this election, however, the NPP was subjected to a statewide carnage. I have often compared the impact of poor governance to rain, which falls on many roofs. There was anger across the nation. In response to a Joy News analysis of Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh's failure to deliver votes in the Ashanti Region, Manasseh Azuri wrote on his Twitter, "The hardship imposed by the wicked few who hijacked the government was felt everywhere, including Ashanti."

The reporter stated that the Ashanti people would not "ignore their haircuts and locked funds and act differently because of a running mate from their region," per the journalist.

Even if Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene himself, had been chosen as the NPP's running mate, Manasseh Azuri said, the outcome would have been the same.

Even if Otumfuo had been elected running mate, he added, "I daresay that some people who felt the pinch on their bank accounts and businesses would not have been swayed."