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<\/a><\/div>\nOne of the candidates hoping to lead the opposition NDC in the 2020 elections, Stephen Atubiga, has emphasised his readiness to lead the party noting that it is his time to be President.<\/p>\n
The popular NDC commentator considered an underdog by many, insists he feels confident about his chances and is amazed by the show of support from friends and well wishes in that regard.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy friends, my followers, they championed my ambition, they put it out there. I didn\u2019t know about the ads. So after talking to them, I was like wow, if I have the ambition to lead the country and people believe in me and they go ahead and champion my campaign why don\u2019t I embrace the challenge and run\u201d he asserted<\/p>\n
Atubiga believes, \u201cthis is my time.\u201d Insisting \u201cwanting to lead the country is a call, to serve the country people shouldn\u2019t think I just got up one day, ate a big bowl of TZ and decided I want to be a President\u201d<\/p>\n
He argues he is the best groomed and well-trained potential candidate of the NDC because \u201cI was born into a political family. My biological father was an MP from 1992-2000. His kid brother, Mathias Atubiga was in parliament with Ackaah, Kufuor, Obed Asamoah. They were all in parliament together during Lehman\u2019s regime\u2026 and in Nkrumah\u2019s time, my grandfather was a member of council\u201d<\/p>\n
He highlighted his association with the party and stressed \u201cI am blessed to be part and parcel with NDC, my father who is also a founding member in the Upper East has served the party. I have served the party in my own small way\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe that psychologically I am ready, strength wise I am ready, knowing what it takes to be a president I am ready, knowing what the president needs, I am ready, knowing what to do to pull this nation forward, I am ready\u201d he observed.<\/p>\n
Stephen Atubiga rubbished claims that he stood no chance against some of the names being speculated as likely contenders including former president Mahama asserting that \u201cI stand taller than all of them and I want people to know that it takes a lot of guts.\u201d<\/p>\n
He touted his chances disclosing \u201cI have been across the nation, I know the terrain more than them, I have been to the hinterland the villages and interacted with them. I have been there for them more than all of them, I know how to build the relationship with the people, I know how to pull the party along as a leader, and I know the plans I have to be able to run this country and for NDC to win the elections. It is just at my fingertips\u201d<\/p>\n
Stephen Atubiga\u2019s rise to fame perhaps is to be credited to the 2013 Supreme Court Hearing of the election petition when he was handed a mitigated sentence of three days\u2019 imprisonment for incendiary comments he made on radio.<\/p>\n
The NDC since losing power in 2016 in a humiliating fashion to the governing NPP has been characterised by infighting and misunderstanding over who leads the party in the 2020 elections.<\/p>\n
Former President Mahama, Former Trade Minister, Ekow Spio Garbrah, Deputy Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin have been linked to the flagbearership race of the opposition NDC<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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