General News of Sunday, 14 October 2018Source: newswiregh.comSpio-Garbrah seeks Rawlings’ blessing in flagbearership race ahead of campaign launchFormer President John Rawlings in a handshake with Dr. Ekwow Spio-GarbrahDr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, a leading contender in the flagbearership race of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has paid a courtesy call on the Founder of the party Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings at his residence in Accra. He further reiterated his call for the Kwesi Botchway Report or relevant portions of it to be availed to interested groups in the party in the spirit of openness and fairness. Spio-Garbrah’s campaign has picked a lot of steam in recent days with the candidate being favorably perceived as the best candidate to lead the NDC by some political watchers. This perception is backed by research conducted by the Spio Campaign Research Committee in August/September 2017 which showed Dr Spio-Garbrah trailing another candidate by a small margin but eventually emerging winner by the time the elections are held, according to the team’s projections and trend analysis. Dr. Spio-Garbrah will officially launch his campaign bid on Tuesday the 16thof October, 2018 to lead the NDC into the 2020 elections having toured the length and breadth of the country over the last couple of months to solicit for support from party executives and well-meaning individuals.

Source: GhanaWeb October 14, 2018 14:37 UTC