{"id":368430,"date":"2017-11-05T12:41:08","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T12:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=368430"},"modified":"2017-11-05T12:41:08","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T12:41:08","slug":"mahama-hints-at-2020-flagbearership-slot-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/mahama-hints-at-2020-flagbearership-slot-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama hints at 2020 flagbearership slot again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former President John Dramani Mahama has given the strongest indication about his interest to lead the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the next general elections in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>John Mahama, under whose leadership the party woefully lost power to the New Patriotic Party (NPP), gave the assurance when he spoke at an NDC <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/05\/mahama-leads-ndcs-unity-walk-in-cape-coast\/\"><strong>Unity Walk<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in the Central Region today [Sunday].<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-368342 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/NDC-unity-walk-12-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"ndc-unity-walk-12\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;NZ0ZCSbiKYGZBblLxARxKCHHWZXm7rjB&#8221;]Several members of the NDC including, Nadowli-Kaleo MP, <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/26\/i-stand-tall-among-all-potential-ndc-flagbearers-bagbin\/\"><strong>Alban Bagbin<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, Dr. Spio-Garbrah, former NHIA boss, Slyvester Mensah, Joshua Alabi, former MP for La-Dadekotopon, <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/21\/ill-contest-for-ndcs-flagbearership-slot-namoale\/\"><strong>Nii Amasah Namoale<\/strong><\/a><\/span> among others, have given indications they may contest\u00a0the flagbearership position.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the event, John Maham said he bears no grudges against persons who have shown interest in the party\u2019s flagbearership position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no problem with any of my colleagues who has expressed interest in leading this great party. Let us not attack anyone because whoever is elected to lead us to victory 2020, will need the support of each and everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cSpio was my boss and later became my minister; Joshua was my colleague in Parliament and later became the Vice Chancellor of UPSA, Slyvester was the NHIS Boss and later a Presidential Staffer&#8230; It&#8217;s not now that they want to contest that I will have a problem with them. Atubiga is even my favourite Presidential candidate. Let us all work in unity for victory 2020,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-368341 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/NDC-unity-walk-11-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"ndc-unity-walk-11\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-368343 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/NDC-unity-walk-13-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"ndc-unity-walk-13\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-368345 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/NDC-unity-walk-15-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"ndc-unity-walk-15\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The walk, themed, \u201cMobilization of the Grassroots\u201d, is the third to be undertaken by the party after previous ones in Tamale and Accra.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President John Dramani Mahama has given the strongest indication about his interest to lead the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the next general elections in 2020. 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