Former President John Dramani Mahama has officially declared his intention to run for the party’s flagbearership.
Mr Mahama presented his letter of intent at the NDC headquarters at Adabraka in Accra Thursday amid a rousing support from some party faithful.
Atinka News Barimah Saakwah reported that, Mr Mahama was not present there himself but his aides were there to do the presentation on his behalf.
The party recently asked all party members who hope to run for the flagbearship to present their official declaration of intent to the party ahead of the official opening of nominations.
Eight men have already tendered in their letters. Mr Mahama completed the process by submitting his letter.
December 7, 2018 has been set aside by the party to choose the 2020 flagbearer.
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Mahama in politics
Mahama, aged 60, entered into politics in 1996 when he was elected to the Parliament to represent the Bole/Bamboi Constituency for a four-year term.
He was re-elected in 2000 and 2004.
During this time, he served as the Deputy Minister of Communications in 1997, Minister of Communications from 1998 until 2001, Minority Parliamentary Spokesman for Communications from 2001 until 2005, and Minority Parliamentary Spokesman for Foreign Affairs from 2005 until 2008.
On 7th January 2009, Mr. Mahama became the Vice-President of Ghana after the NDC’s election 2008.
He remained in that position until President John Atta Mills’ death on 24 July 2012, when in line with Ghana’s Constitution, he became President of the Republic.
In December 2012, he became President of Ghana for a four-year term after a contentious election which was eventually resolved after an eight-month-long tussle at the Supreme Court over the validity of the results.
Despite leading the NDC to the worst election performance by an incumbent, Mr. Mahama still retained significant support from the party.
He was a mainstay in NDC’s unity walks aimed at reorganizing the party, and he also elicited massive support from the grassroots, which continually urged him to declare his intent to make a run for the Presidency.
The 10 Regional Chairmen of the NDC in 2017 also backed the candidature of Mr. Mahama for election 2020.