About 52% Ghanaians oppose their country’s participation in a military operation to restore democracy in Niger while 38% want Ghanaian soldiers to join the raid.
This is according to a two-day survey conducted by research firm Global InfoAnalytics on August 18 and 19.
A total of 1,618 people from Ghana’s sixteen regions participated in the survey.
The poll found, among other things, that roughly 76% of Ghanaians agree that poor administration in those nations has led to coups in Africa. 17% disagree with this viewpoint, and 7% are undecided.
49% of Ghanaians also think that coups are not a durable solution to bad governance, while 43% disagree and 8% have no opinion.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) activated its standby force on August 10 to restore constitutional order in that country after multiple failed attempts to hold a peaceful settlement following the removal of Niger President Mohamed Bazoum.
The President of ECOWAS, Omar Alieu Touray, made the declaration while reading the resolution of ECOWAS on the Niger coup at the ECOWAS Extraordinary meeting in Abuja.
The ECOWAS Chiefs of Defense Staff met in Accra, Ghana, on August 17, one week following the directive, to discuss the problems and potential personnel mobilization.