Flagbearer Aspirant for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the upcoming 2024 general election, John Dramani Mahama, will commence his campaign in Ho on March 2, 2023.
The erstwhile president made this known through a social media post, February 28, 2023.
He is running for the flagbearer position together with Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, a former finance minister, Kojo Bonsu, a former mayor of Kumasi, and Ernest Kobeah, a 43-year-old businessman based in the United Kingdom,
The NDC, the largest opposition party, began accepting presidential candidate nominations on February 22 and ended it on February 24.
The Cedi Auditorium at the University of Health and Allied Sciences in Ho, in the Volta Region, which is the citadel of the NDC, will host the John Mahama 2023 campaign launch with the theme “Creating the Ghana we want together.”
On the other hand the party’s presidential primaries are anticipated to take place on May 6, 2023.
The Party is expected to hold its presidential primary on Saturday, May 6, 2023, to elect a flag bearer to contest the 2024 presidential election.
According to a timetable released by the Party at its Functional and National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, submission and filing of nomination forms would take place from Monday, March 20, 2023, to Wednesday, March 22, 2023.
The vetting of the aspirants would be held from Monday, March 27, 2023 to Wednesday, March 29, 2023.
After the vetting, aspirants who have issues with the vetting process would have the opportunity to appeal from March 30, 2023 to April 6, 2023 after which the election would come off on May 13.
In addition the parliamentary aspirants will pay GH¢5,000 as their nomination fee while the filing fee is pegged at GH¢40,000.