{"id":172532,"date":"2015-12-07T14:25:08","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T14:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=172532"},"modified":"2015-12-08T06:51:30","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T06:51:30","slug":"partnering-amissah-arthur-will-bring-victory-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/12\/partnering-amissah-arthur-will-bring-victory-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"Partnering Amissah-Arthur will bring victory \u2013 Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President John Dramani Mahama has explained why he did not struggle to settle on Vice President, Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur as his running mate for the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the President, Mr. Amissah-Arthur has a good track record and has had a &#8220;useful partnership&#8221; with him so far.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The president made the declaration\u00a0at the party\u2019s head quarters on Monday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mahama-at-ndc-head-office-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-172503 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mahama-at-ndc-head-office-4.jpg\" alt=\"mahama at ndc head office (4)\" width=\"752\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mahama-at-ndc-head-office-4.jpg 752w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mahama-at-ndc-head-office-4-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI consulted with the council of elders and nominated Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur my Vice president as my running mate. Reason being he is able and willing to do the job. He\u2019s got a good track record, he\u2019s been deputy minister, he\u2019s been governor of the Central Bank, he\u2019s been my Vice President, indeed he\u2019s been acting president on occasions I\u2019ve been out of the country. I believe that it\u2019s been a useful partnership. We went into 2012 together and I believe that going into 2016 together we will achieve victory,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Several groups and persons have lobbied to have their favorite candidates selected for the position.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some names that popped up as possible replacements for Mr Amissah-Arthur included Hannah-Tetteh, Foreign Minister, Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho and Mayor of Accra, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the party\u2019s Deputy General secretary, Koku Anyidoho in responding to pressures from the groups said \u201cignore them, they are just wasting time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin A. 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