Jerry John Rawlings welcoming John Mahama and Joyce Bawa MogtariFormer President John Dramani Mahama yesterday called on former President Jerry John Rawlings to discuss his plans to become the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2020 elections. Sources said the meeting was ostensibly to seek the blessings of the NDC founder ahead of Mahama’s official declaration to contest in the flagbearership race in the coming days. The Mahama 2016 Campaign had ignored Rawlings, saying that he was an old man whose opinion appears not to matter. Those who accompanied former President Mahama included former Chiefs of Staff, Julius Debrah, and Prosper Bani, former Minister of Health, Alex Segbefia and his special aide, Joyce Bawa Mogtari. “Mr Rawlings was concerned that the political ambition of the aspirants is overshadowing efforts to reorganize the party after the massive defeat it suffered in 2016”, the statement said.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 23, 2018 09:33 UTC