The Editor for the Ghanaian Publisher Newspaper, Yaw Obeng Manu has asserted that former President John Mahama is very likely to bear the flag for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2024 presidential elections.
According to him, it is highly probable the delegates of the NDC will vote him as flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for election 2024 and urged him to use the platforms available to him to court support.
He made this statement in an interview during the Editors’ Take segment of the Happy Morning Show (#HappyHMS) aired on e. TV Ghana and Happy 98.9FM. “If you listen to Mahama, he should be telling us why Ghanaians should consider the NDC and himself in the next election on his thank you tour,” he told Sefah-Danquah who sat in for regular host Samuel Eshun.
According to him, ex-president Mahama has not been clear about his presidential intentions to Ghanaians. “Even though he’s not been clear to us that he’s coming we can all conclude that he’ll be coming from what he’s been saying,” he added.
He believes that Mahama should be telling Ghanaians why he should be voted for and what change he will be bringing to the nation. “He should be telling Ghana that by God’s grace 2024 NDC delegates should vote for him which of course he’ll win and Ghana should look at what he has done or if Ghanaians will give him another chance we should be aware of what impact he will have on the nation,” he concluded.
Background
Ghana’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld President Nana Akufo-Addo’s election victory, a ruling grudgingly accepted by the runner-up John Mahama who maintained the legitimacy of his challenge over alleged irregularities in the results.
Akufo-Addo was declared the winner of the Dec. 7 vote with 51.59%, ahead of former president Mahama, who received 47.37%.Mahama said that votes were added to Akufo-Addo’s total in some polling stations, pushing him above the 50% threshold needed to avoid a runoff.
The court said his allegations were without merit. “The petitioner did not demonstrate in any way how the alleged errors… affected the validity of the (results),” said Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah. Mahama said he had to accept the judgement, but did not believe his challenge had been dealt with properly.
By: Louisa Antiede Tetteh.
