{"id":213586,"date":"2016-05-12T06:05:51","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T06:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=213586"},"modified":"2016-05-12T06:05:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T06:05:51","slug":"mahama-unafraid-to-debate-nana-addo-ndc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/05\/mahama-unafraid-to-debate-nana-addo-ndc\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama unafraid to debate Nana Addo – NDC"},"content":{"rendered":"
The National Organizer of the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams, has rubbished suggestions that the NDC and its flagbearer, President John Mahama, may be afraid to take part in a one-on-one debate with the flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n
The NDC has expressed anger over a proposal\u00a0by the Institute of Economic Affairs\u2019 (IEA), the organizers of the debate, to allow for a debate between the two main front runners and a separate one for parties without representation in Parliament.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”5tpxTS6fXlC4JmXV0APa4aVwyEil8TXC”]The IEA explained that they were considering a special debate<\/a><\/strong><\/span> for the flagbearers of the NDC and the NPP because their surveys indicated public yearns for such a face-off, but the NDC has expressed displeasure<\/a><\/strong><\/span> with the IEA for not consulting the parties before their announcement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n