NDC Race: Mahama, Bagbin Submit Forms

Former President John Dramani Mahama and Second deputy Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has on Monday, 17 December 2018 submitted their endorsed presidential nomination forms with the GHS300,000 filing fee to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) headquarters.

The move was in compliance with article seven of the NDC’s guidelines of the conduct of the election of a presidential candidate of the party. The Second deputy Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin was the third NDC hopeful to submit his forms.

Addressing his supporters after filing his nomination, the Nadowli Kaleo MP said: “I want to pledge and I’ll give two major pledges. I pledge to reinvigorate and revitalise the party by bringing back the ideals that brought us together in the first place and I pledge to restore the power that has been taken away from the rank and file by empowering the branch and constituency members of the party to enable us win the 2020 general elections and remain in power for a minimum of 16 years.

“This is to ensure that our great party has time to fully implement its policies and programmes for the rapid development of the country.”

Mr Bagbin promised to “conduct a virtuous, decorous, stable, and mature campaign”, adding that he’ll continue to share his ideas and the right information with members of the party to enable them make the right decisions towards “restoring the lost glory of our party”.

Mahama also in a short address after submitting his forms said he is the man to deliver NDC victory in 2020 saying: “We do not seek power for power sake. We seek power to return NDC into power to continue the good work that NDC was doing for this nation.”

He also vowed to pursue a positive campaign devoid of insults and name-calling.

“I want to promise you and pledge to you that I’ll maintain the ethics of a clean campaign and I am positive that at the end of the process John Dramani Mahama will emerge as a candidate of the National Democratic Congress,” he added.