{"id":372346,"date":"2017-11-10T17:07:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T17:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=372346"},"modified":"2017-11-10T17:23:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T17:23:39","slug":"mahama-to-consult-party-over-thank-you-tour-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/mahama-to-consult-party-over-thank-you-tour-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama to consult party over ‘Thank You tour’ date"},"content":{"rendered":"
Former President John Dramani Mahama has stated that he will hold discussions with the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), over when to embark on his nationwide ‘Thank You’ tour.<\/p>\n
The announcement by the former President comes barely a day after ten regional chairmen\u00a0 of the party endorsed his candidature, and urged him to embark on a ‘Thank You Tour.’<\/p>\n
According to a statement signed by the\u00a0Special Aide to the former President, Joyce Bawa Mogtari, the former President has\u00a0 “always wanted to thank Ghanaians for their support and cooperation during his tenure as both Vice President and President of the Republic of Ghana” and would settle on a schedule after a meeting with the party.”<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”GM0RhLmjbnhioXfG44qHlwMtKueOpJcq”]In a statement issued on Thursday, following a meeting with John Mahama, the regional chairmen noted that the former president’s\u00a0presence in all the regions would help in the party\u2019s reconciliatory and healing process.<\/p>\n
Following the NDC\u2019s defeat in the December 2016, there appear to be pockets of disgruntled members divided over who was responsible for the party\u2019s defeat.<\/p>\n
The National leadership of the party tasked a special Committee led by Prof. Kwesi Botchwey to tour the country to listen to concerns of party members.<\/p>\n
However, since the Committee completed its work, various supposed leaked contents of their final report have added to the animosity within the party, despite the attempts by several senior officials to distance themselves from the document.<\/p>\n
‘Premature to announce Presidential intentions’<\/strong><\/p>\n The chairmen, in their statement, appeared to back the former president<\/strong><\/a> <\/span>to lead the party into the 2020\u00a0elections.<\/p>\n They urged the former President to consider running for the 2020 polls, a call which has angered many in the party.<\/p>\n