Mahama dismisses claims he’s announcing his running mate today
Former President John Dramani Mahama has rubbished reports he will be announcing his running mate today during his Facebook live session.
A picture of the 2020 flagbearer and a former education minister, Professor Jame Naana Opoku Agyemang possing together have been widely circulated on social media platforms including Facebook.
They are said to be the duo contesting on the ticket of the opposition National Democratic Congress for election 2020.
However, responding to the development on social media, Mr Mahama said the process of nominating a running has not been exhausted yet .
“The selection of a running mate is done by the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in consultation with the Council of Elders and the National Executive Committee of the Party.
“There has been no meeting of either of the two bodies called for this purpose. How would any person believe that I am going to announce a running mate at 5PM today?” he stated.
He is billed to speak to his supporters through Facebook later today.
It comes after the annual delegates conference of the ruling NPP where he was the main target for many of the speakers.