THE jostling for a running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flag bearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is getting interesting as the paramount chief of the Duori Traditional Area in the Jirapa District of the Upper West Region has passionately appealed for Vice-President Aliu Mahama to be nominated to partner Nana Akufo-Addo.
According to Naa S.D. Dombo II, the only person who could unite the people and bring total victory to the NPP was Alhaji Mahama.
Addressing a press conference at Duori, the chief, who is the son of the late Chief S.D. Dombo I, one of the founder members of the Danquah-Busia tradition, observed with satisfaction that the Vice-President had performed creditably as an assistant to President J.A. Kufuor.
He said Alhaji Mahama, with his unblemished credentials, would be readily acceptable in all parts of the country, as he had already marketed himself to the Ghanaian electorate.
“I, therefore, appeal to Nana Akufo-Addo to consider the matter seriously, as it will be in the interest of the party and Mother Ghana,” he added.
Naa Dombo said “Nana Akufo-Addo becoming President will be historic but that of Alhaji Mahama will be more historic and unprecedented in the political history of Ghana”.
“I say this because it will be the first time an incumbent vice-president has been chosen by a candidate of his party to partner him in a general election and also a sitting President handing over to the flag bearer of his party,” he said.
Naa Dombo, therefore, appealed to Vice-President Mahama not to hesitate to be Nana Akufo-Addo’s running mate should he be chosen.
With two weeks to go for the NPP flag bearer to select a running mate, a number of names have come up and these include Hajia Alima Mahama, the Minister for Women and Children’s Affairs; Alhaji N. D. Jawula, the Chief Director of the Ministry of Health, Alhaji Abubakar Saddick Boniface, the Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing, among others.
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