NPP National vetting committee endorses Akufo-Addo for 2020 elections

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been accepted by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to lead the party to victory in the upcoming 2020 general elections.

He is expected to be declared as the Flag-bearer of the party by popular acclamation in the coming weeks.

General Secretary of the party, John Boadu, announced this to the media after a National Council meeting on Wednesday.

According to him, the National Vetting Committee of the party reported to the National Council that at the close of nomination; it was only President Akufo-Addo who had filed to contest as the flag bearer of the party.

“The National Council has accepted the report and in due time the President will be declared as the flag bearer by popular acclamation,” he stated.

This is the second time a sitting President from the New Patriotic Party would be given popular acclamation.

President J.A Kufuor was similarly endorsed for the 2004 elections.

However, their opponents in the National Democratic had President J.EA Mills contested in 2011. Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, gave the late President a hot race in a bitter contest that resulted in Mrs Rawlings leaving the NDC to form, the National Democratic Party.

She had less than 5% of the total vote cast during the primaries.

In 2015, President John Mahama went solo during the primaries as the party disqualified his sole contender, George Boateng, for being mentally impaired.