Nana Addo confirms Bawumia today
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Newly-elected presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to officially announce Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as his running mate for the 2016 general elections on Thursday.Nana Addo is expected to meet with the National Council of the party to announce his decision, per the requirements of the party’s constitution.
Dr. Bawumia, was the running-mate of Nana Addo in both the 2008 and 2012 general elections and many political watchers say he would be the best fit, considering his political maturity over the period and depth of knowledge about the country’s economy.
Nana Addo, last Friday ahead of the party’s National Delegates Congress, revealed his intention to retain Dr. Bawumia as his running- mate in the 2016 elections should he be elected flagbearer.
“I’ve said so publicly already that were I to be privileged once again with the honour of leading this party, that I want to have Dr. Bawumia by my side,” Nana Addo said on Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana programme.
Citi News’ correspondent in the Northern Region Abdul Karim Naatogmah reported that NPP Chairmen and their Secretaries from the three regions of the north have already arrived in Accra for the meeting.
And ahead of the official announcement, some NPP supporters in the Northern Region have commended Nana Akufo Addo for the confidence reposed in their kinsman, Dr.Bawumia.
A member of the Northern Regional Communication team, Yussif Danjumah said: “We must commend Nana Akufo Ado for the confidence that he has reposed in northerners and most especially our brother Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.”
He added: “Akufo Addo has demonstrated the level of confidence he has in northerners and we will not hesitate to make sure that we amass a lot of votes for him and the New Patriotic Party to win political power to salvage this country from the poverty we are going through.”
NPP Nasara Coordinator for Tamale Central constituency, Abdul Rahaman Samari Nasara stated: “We will make sure that he becomes the next President of this country not because of anything but for the trust that he has put in us Muslim community and as well our beloved brother, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for consistently maintaining him as his running mate.”
The announcement will be made at a news conference immediately after the National Council meeting in Accra.
The members of the NPP’s National Council are to meet and deliberate on the party’s agenda for 2016.
By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah
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