General Secretary of the opposition, NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has asked Ghanaians to ignore a supposed letter catching names of some persons supposedly being thought about as running mate for the NDC’s flagbearer, John Mahama.
With few months to the 2020 general elections, the NDC is yet to announce running mate for John Mahama.
The NDC has come under pressure to announce a running mate in the middle of political stars benefiting from the circumstance to throw various names around.
According to the purported letter making rounds on social media, a “Unique Vetting Committee” has actually been set up by the National Executive Committee of the NDC to select a vice governmental hopeful for the party.
The supposed letter called Kwame Awuah Darko, Prof. Kwesi Botchwey, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, Kwesi Ahwoi, and Dr. Zanetor Agyeman Rawlings as potential running prospects being thought-about to partner Mahama, ahead of the 2020 elections, pending additional factors to consider.
But a declaration signed by the General Secretary of the NDC stated the letter is fake and an effort to sidetrack the general public from more pushing concerns.
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Asiedu Nketia in the declaration also turned down claims of the formation of a unique committee for thinking about the celebration’s running mate hopefuls.
“My attention has been drawn to a fraudulent fake letter on the selection of the 2020 NDC Running Mate, purported to be signed and issued by me. First of all, I have not issued any such statement or cause such publication to be made on my behalf on the subject of selecting the NDC Running Mate. The general public is therefore advised to ignore any such frivolous and fictitious letter, which is clearly a creation of some unscrupulous persons, who want to divert attention from serious burning national issues. Let me use this opportunity to emphasize that the purported letterhead, reference number, email address, and signature on the said publication are all fake,” the statement noted.
Asiedu Nketia in the statement also rejected claims of the formation of a special committee for considering the party’s running mate hopefuls.
“No subcommittee of the party has been formed or tasked by the National Executive Committee for selection of a Running Mate. For the avoidance of doubt, the procedures for selecting a Running Mate as prescribed under Article 43 of our party Constitution, does not include the formation of any such Sub-Committee,” Asiedu Nketia added in the statement.
