{"id":14191,"date":"2011-12-15T13:30:32","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T13:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/npp-denies-nana-addo-has-retained-bawumia-as-running-mate\/"},"modified":"2011-12-15T13:30:32","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T13:30:32","slug":"npp-denies-nana-addo-has-retained-bawumia-as-running-mate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/15\/npp-denies-nana-addo-has-retained-bawumia-as-running-mate\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP Denies Nana Addo Has Retained Bawumia As Running Mate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NPP General Secretary, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, has denied reports that the flagbearer of the party, Nana Akufo-Addo, has retained Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as his running mate for the 2012 general elections.<\/p>\n

The Thursday edition of the Daily Guide newspaper reported on its front page that \u201cNana Addo has finally decided to maintain the astute economist and banker, as his running mate. \u201d<\/p>\n

However, the NPP scribe, affectionately called Sir John told Citi News on Thursday there was no iota of truth in the publication.<\/p>\n

According to him, such a decision has not been communicated to the party\u2019s National Council which is mandated to oversee the choice of a running mate.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that if Nana Akufo-Addo settles on anyone he will inform the party to convene a national executive committee meeting to deliberate on the matter because it has the mandate to oversee the choice of a running mate,\u201d Sir John pointed out.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur constitution is very clear in respect of selecting a presidential running mate and it is obligatory that the presidential candidate should in consultation with the National Council nominate the vice presidential candidate and I have not seen that consultation yet,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

Several names including the 2008 NPP running mate Dr. Bawumia, the Deputy Minority Leader, Hon. Ambrose Dery, a Deputy Managing Director of Metro TV, Alhaji Harunah Alhassan and a chief M. N. D Jawula, have popped up as some of the potential candidates.<\/p>\n

<\/span>In a related development, Mr. Afriyie debunked the Minister for Communication, Haruna Iddrisu\u2019s assertion that Ghanaians will prefer to retain President John Evans Atta Mills in 2012 on moral grounds compared to Nana Addo.<\/p>\n

Sir John said, \u201cI believe that Mills is not one of such persons who can stand on moral grounds and talk about morality because he is somebody who in terms of morality is very low in the eyes of the people of this country. \u201d<\/p>\n

He advised NDC members to desist from such comments or have themselves to blame if the NPP opens the Pandora box on Mills and John Mahama.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want this campaign to be fought on issues but if the NDC wants to descend on morality and character then we have a lot to say about Mills and Mahama\u2019s immorality,\u201d he charged.<\/p>\n

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The NPP General Secretary, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, has denied reports that the flagbearer of the party, Nana Akufo-Addo, has retained Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as his running mate for the 2012 general elections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\nNPP Denies Nana Addo Has Retained Bawumia As Running Mate - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/15\/npp-denies-nana-addo-has-retained-bawumia-as-running-mate\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"NPP Denies Nana Addo Has Retained Bawumia As Running Mate - 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