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A member of the communication team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and an Oil Analyst, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has described the �Listening Campaign� being embarked on by flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as stage-managed and choreographed. According to him, the NPP is only trying its hardest to portray Nana Akufo-Addo as a humble and a down-to-earth person, ostensibly to erase the widely held perception about the NPP flagbearer being haughty. The 2012 NPP Presidential Candidate began his nationwide �Listening Campaign� on July 4, 2011. The Listening Campaign, according to the NPP, will give their candidate the opportunity to listen at first hand to the concerns and suggestions of the citizenry to help him formulate the appropriate policies and programmes to address such concerns. But in Felix Ofosu�s estimation, the �Listening Campaign" is a clear indication that the NPP flagbearer lacks adequate knowledge about governance, adding that it is unconceivable for one who claims to be an agitator for the poor not to know the problems facing the masses. �The NDC does not care what kind of campaign strategy the NPP embarks on�besides, Nana Addo is not really listening to anything; it is just a normal campaign tour. Nana Addo has been in politics for several decades, so has he now realized that he has to listen to Ghanaians to get to know what they are going through? This indicates that he doesn�t have adequate knowledge about governance. Because I cannot imagine that someone who has agitated for rights of the poor for so many years does not even have a fair idea of the problems confronting Ghanaians.�