{"id":687782,"date":"2019-08-21T14:22:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T14:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Politics of Wednesday, 21 August 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>adomonline.com<\/p>\n2019-08-21\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/wp-content\/uploa"},"modified":"2019-08-21T14:22:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T14:22:48","slug":"fake-kwesi-botchwey-story-engineered-by-npp-ndc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/21\/fake-kwesi-botchwey-story-engineered-by-npp-ndc\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake Kwesi Botchwey story engineered by NPP \u2013 NDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Politics of Wednesday, 21 August 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>adomonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-08-21<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/55647155.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mahama Botchwey Committee\" title=\"Mahama Botchwey Committee\" width=\"295\" height=\"193\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Mahama and Prof. Kwesi Botchwey<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has denied media reports that Professor Kwesi Botchwey, a former Finance Minister, has been chosen to become the running mate to John Dramani Mahama.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Otokunor, Deputy General Secretary of the party, has accused the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of being behind such false news.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, it is a strategy by the NPP to divert the attention of Ghanaians from the government\u2019s involvement in the PDS scandal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImmediately we heard such a story, we realized it was from our opponents, the NPP,\u201d he alleged.<\/p>\n<p>He has described the move as an attempt by the company to divert attention from the raging Power Distribution Services (PDS) scandal and the recent activities of NAM1 because the government would soon be exposed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMahama has not picked any running mate\u201d he stressed on Accra-based radio station; Neat FM monitored by Adomonline.com.<\/p>\n<p>State-owned online news portal, Graphic Online, had reported that Professor Botchwey, had been tipped to become the running mate to the former President John Dramani Mahama for Election 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The report had claimed that Prof Botchwey\u2019s name came up for the appointment at a meeting on August 19, 2019, and would be announced later.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Otokunor said Mr Mahama would have to go through the process of selecting a running mate and must have the approval of the council before a proper selection is made.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the story as a hollow one, the Deputy General Secretary urged party members and Ghanaians to remain calm as the running mate, when selected, would be announced to them.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/widget-2.afradio.co\/html\/clip.html?appid=abcd1234&#038;resid=&#038;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fclip.afrad.io&#038;pathname=%2F&#038;embedId=.afradio-widget-embed-1&#038;frameId=%23afradio-widget-embed-frame-1&#038;clipId=RJShxtPTWe3672yDx<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics of Wednesday, 21 August 2019 Source: adomonline.com 2019-08-21 Mahama and Prof. Kwesi Botchwey The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has denied media reports that Professor Kwesi Botchwey, a former Finance Minister, has been chosen to become the running mate to John Dramani Mahama. 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