Ghana’s largest opposition party has chosen the country’s former president, John Dramani Mahama, as its flag bearer for the 2024 presidential election.
Delegates of the National Democratic Congress, NDC, voted in primaries over the weekend to choose a candidate for both the presidential and parliamentary polls.
Mahama was declared the overwhelming winner after polling 98.9 per cent of the votes while his challenger, former Kumasi mayor Kojo Bonsu, scored 1.1 per cent.
The former president was tipped by most political analysts to win the primary based on his experience and influence in the opposition party.
This confidence in Mahama was echoed by many of the more than 355 thousand NDC party delegates who converged at 401 voting centres across the country over the weekend for the ballot.
The ruling party of incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo will hold its own primaries in November, and the presidential election is scheduled for 7th December 2024.
