The NDC points to the fact that, while it has fielded Ewe (Rawlings), Fante (Mills), and Gonja / Northerner (Mahama) presidential candidates since 1992, the NPP has fielded
only Twi - speaking Akans (Adu Boahen, Kufuor, and Nana Akufo - Addo).
From its early 2002 peak, the US dollar has fallen by 24 per cent on the major currency
TWI but
only 13 per cent on the broader measure, which includes several currencies that are either directly linked to the US dollar or closely managed against it.