General News of Sunday, 16 December 2018Source: Myjoyonline.comNDC flagbearer race: Goosie Tanoh will get full backing if he wins - Asiedu NketiahAseidu Nketsia,General Secretary of the National Democratic CongressGeneral Secretary of opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has given the strongest assurance that the party will deploy all its arsenals to support flag bearer aspirant Goosie Tanoh if he emerges as the winner of the party primaries election. According to Mr Asiedu Nketiah, the party will not hesitate to rally support behind any of the aspirants who would become the flag bearer of the party after presidential primaries contest on January 26, 2019. Asiedu Nketiah gave the assurance Saturday when he joined Goosie Tanoh and other regional and constituency executives of the party to attend the funeral of the late Nana Akwesi Kwarteng Ababio the Akontombrahene and Benkumhene of Sefwi Wiawso Traditional Area. "Goosie Tanoh is one of the aspirants who has picked nomination form to contest our presidential primaries elections if he wins, we shall all join him to fight our common enemy which is NPP" Asiedu Nketiah told supporters of the party at the funeral ground. Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, a staunch supporter of former president John Dramani Mahama attracted the anger of eight of the presidential aspirant hopefuls when he purportedly endorsed the candidature of the former president as 2020 flag bearer of the NDC.

Source: GhanaWeb December 16, 2018 10:41 UTC