General News of Thursday, 21 May 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comToday in 2018: I’ll lead NDC in 2020 – Mahama declaresFlagbearer of the NDC, John Dramani MahamaOn May 21, 2018, John Dramani Mahama in a Facebook post declared his intention to contest for the flagbearership position on the ticket of National Democratic Congress (NDC) to lead the party in the 2020 general elections. On February 24, 2019, Mr. Mahama secured the flagbearership position after obtaining a landslide victory by polling 213,487 votes representing 95.23 percent of the total valid votes cast. In Somanya, Eastern Region on February 24, Mr. Mahama fired President Akufo-Addo for what he called the President’s failure to fulfill his campaign promises. In 2016, Mr Mahama set record when he became the first leader in Ghana’s democratic rule to lose an election after one term. Then opposition NPP’s candidate made sure that President Mahama became a one-term President by securing 53.85% against then President Mahama’s 44.40%.

Source: GhanaWeb May 21, 2020 09:45 UTC