I will campaign for the NDC despite the victory of Mahama – Amb. Osei

General News of Sunday, February 24, 2019

Source: kasapafmonline.com

2019-02-24

Former President John Mahama and former Ghanaian Consul General of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) declared criticism, Ambbadador Daniel Osei declared that he would still campaign for the general elections of the Congress National Democratic Party (NDC) planned for 2020, despite the election of the former president. President as flag bearer.

According to him, even if John Mahama won the presidential primaries that have just ended with 95% of the votes cast, the NDC will still have trouble getting elected in the 2020 elections due to the results of the 2016 elections.

In the 2016 election, Nana Akufo Addo, a lucky three-time flag bearer, then questioned 5,716,026 to beat incumbent President John Mahama, who won 4,713,277 votes.

Nana Akufo-Addo won 53.85% of the total votes cast against 44.40 by President Mahama.

In an interview with Akwasi Nsiah, on the sidelines of the cover of the NDP presidential primaries by Kasapa fm, Amb. Daniel Osei said the 44.4% of the former president in 2016 meant the electorate did not want it.

"Ghanaians rejected John Mahama in 2016 and it will be difficult to convince the same electorate to vote for a candidate they rejected. Nothing has changed much at home, I'm not sure he learned his lessons. Nevertheless, I will be campaigning for the NDC because I love the party. "

He added that any of the other six competitors would have facilitated the campaign had they won the flag-bearer race.