{"id":10774,"date":"2018-08-24T08:39:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T08:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=10774"},"modified":"2018-08-24T08:40:16","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T08:40:16","slug":"g-accra-ndc-constituency-chairmen-back-mahama-for-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=10774","title":{"rendered":"G\/Accra NDC constituency Chairmen back Mahama for 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/John-Mahama.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/John-Mahama.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/John-Mahama-410x273.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/John-Mahama-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/John-Mahama-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>National Democratic Congress (NDC) Constituency Chairpersons in the Greater Accra Region have declared their support for former President, John Mahama ato become the Flagbearer of the party.<\/p>\n<p>Their support follows the formal declaration by Mr. Mahama to join in the party\u2019s flagbearer race.<\/p>\n<p>They have described the upcoming primary in December as a mere formality for the former President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll greater Accra Chairmen were at the national party headquarters to endorse\u2026 so we are endorsing John Mahama. We have gotten in touch with the other regions and we are giving him 96 percent of the internal Flagbearer primaries that we are going for,\u201d the\u00a0Okai Koi North Chairman, Fiifi Taylor, said to\u00a0Citi News.<\/p>\n<p>The Okai Koi Central Chairman, Ibrahim Musah, said his fellow executives were supporting Mr. Mahama \u201cbecause of the legacy he has left. We all know what His Excellency John Mahama has done. For the good people of NDC, I say he is the best bet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are saying is for the Greater Accra Chairmen Caucus, we are fully behind him and what we are going to do is just a formality. He is going to win hands down,\u201d the Ayawaso East Chairman, General Olabode Williams, added.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3omOsltpEHI\" width=\"654\" height=\"368\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Support from Regional Chairmen, MPs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 10 Regional Chairmen of the NDC also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/09\/ndc-chairmen-endorse-mahama-for-2020\/\"><strong>backed the candidature<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0of Mr. Mahama for election 2020 before he had even made an announcement.<\/p>\n<p>The 10 regional chairman, after a meeting at the time, issued a communique in which they urged the former President to consider running for the 2020 polls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/07\/31\/94-ndc-mps-endorse-mahama-for-election-2020-nii-lante\/\"><strong>Ninety-four NDC MPs<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0out of the Minority Caucus of 106 also endorsed Mr. Mahama as the flagbearer for the 2020 polls prior to his announcement.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/08\/23\/94-ndc-mps-supporting-mahama-list-out\/\">list of the MPs backing him<\/a><\/strong>was made public after he made his intention to contest public.<\/p>\n<p>The 94 MPs welcomed the decision and promised to support Mahama\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from the MPs said: \u201cAs Members of Parliament, we would like to express our profound gratitude to His Excellency, John Dramani Mahama for hearkening to the cries of our Constituents which we presented to him when we met him four (4) months ago. Our Constituents had one simple message \u2013 President Mahama should avail himself to the people of Ghana to salvage the sinking ship under Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Today He has heeded the clarion call of the people and we are grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source : Citinewsroom.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Democratic Congress (NDC) Constituency Chairpersons in the Greater Accra Region have declared their support for former President, John Mahama ato become the Flagbearer of the party. Their support follows the formal declaration by Mr. Mahama to join in the party\u2019s flagbearer race. 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