Sampson Ahi, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Bodi, Sampson Ahi has said that the decision by former President John Mahama to contest again is good for the party.
He said this is due to the fact that he is the most marketable candidate [ads1]of the NDC.
Ahi also said among all the other contenders, it is John Mahama that is likely to wrestle power from the New Patriotic Party.
“As MPs we decided to come together and today that he has declared he was contemplating whether to come again or not and our initial mission was to get him convinced to accept to contest as the flagbearer of our party”, he said.
Yesterday, Mahama declared his official intention to lead the NDC into the 2020 general elections. A move that has received an overwhelming endorsement from 94 parliamentarians.
“Now that he has accepted to contest for the NDC flagbearship primaries, we are now going to move to the field and support him and campaign with him, so that he will have assurance from us that we are not just imploring him to come and contest but practicalizing whatever assurances we are giving to him. And so today’s meeting is to reecho our commitment towards JM contesting and becoming our flagbearer and contest the 2020 general elections” Sampson Ahi said.
Nine persons have already written to the party office to inform it about their intentions to lead the party for the 2020 presidential election.
Mr Mahama now joins a host of other aspirants including, Alban Bagbin, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Sylvester Mensah, Joshua Alabi and some others who have already expressed interest in the vacant position.
