President John Dramani Mahama says he will consult the\u00a0leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) \u00a0in choosing his running mate for 2016 elections.<\/p>\n
There have been speculations the Vice President, Kwesi Amissah Arthur will be retained after he picked up<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>nomination forms on behalf of the President.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”i25dx9NnvJXLLNo6BcutCU6XmLrFOzz4″]The President however dispelled the rumours in an interview on State-owned Unniq FM on Monday, saying\u00a0the party has to first endorse him [Mahama] before he will be given the mandate to select his running mate.<\/p>\n “You can’t have a running mate when you are not yet a candidate and so I cannot be selecting a running mate when I have not gotten the endorsement of my party” he explained.<\/p>\n “You have to be endorsed first and the party must give you the mandate and based on the mandate, you announce who your running mate would be and there is a procedure for doing that. It is done in consultation with the party and so I am not going to second guess or prejudice that procedure. Right now; we are focusing on selecting a candidate and once that is done, then we will look at that.”<\/p>\n He is also optimistic his government\u2019s achievements are enough to earn him another term in office.<\/p>\n “The good people of Ghana are discerning and they will make a choice come December 7. We have worked sufficiently to earn an endorsement of the good people of Ghana to continue the very useful programmes that we have began; and I am confident that Ghanaians are discerning and they can see that the work that we have done is worthy of giving us a second term. And so I expect that we will win a good victory one touch by the grace of God. It is God’s will, it is God who decides who the leaders are but I am confident that God is on our side.”<\/p>\n Amissah Arthur was\u00a0sworn in as Vice President on \u00a0August 6 2012, after he was vetted by Parliament.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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