A Political Science Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Ransford Gyampo says the Democratic Freedom Party (DFP's) return to the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) will have very little impact on the ruling party’s bid to retain power in the December polls. He said that victory for the ruling party in the upcoming elections will depend on how best the government is able to execute the Better Ghana Agenda and translate its ‘unprecedented achievements’ into tangibles to reflect in the lives of Ghanaians. Mr. Gyampo was commenting on the official consummation of merger efforts between the DFP and NDC in Accra Tuesday. An official announcement at the ruling party's headquarters was graced by NDC bigwigs like Vice President John Dramani Mahama, party chairman Dr. Kwabena Agyei and General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia. The DFP splintered off the NDC in 2006. DFP, now a defunct political party following the merger, was led by its leader and founder, Dr. Obed Yao Asamoah, himself a former chairman of the NDC, and the then deputy General Secretary of the NDC, Bede Ziedeng. They promised to work assiduously to ensure the ruling party is retained in power. DFP’s return to the NDC comes at a time the ruling party is struggling to reconcile with its founder, Jerry Rawlings. However, speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme Tuesday, Ransford Gyampo said DFP’s return will help the NDC psychologically to re-structure and focus on its electioneering campaign since according to him, a possible reconciliation with the Rawlingses is unattainable. He indicated that politics is a game of numbers hence the NDC should use the DFP to make strides in the December elections. The Political Science Lecturer commended the NDC for the bold initiative at a time he said “the Rawlingses are working feverishly to send the NDC into opposition”. He warned the NDC not to see its reunion with the DFP as a key for one touch victory in an election which will be keenly contested and thus they must work together as a united front. Ransford Gyampo also urged Mr. Rawlings to reconsider his stance and play a role as a statesman than “engaging himself in petty partisan squabble”.