{"id":219470,"date":"2024-09-21T11:21:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T11:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/21\/election-2024-im-excited-we-picked-no-8\/"},"modified":"2024-09-21T11:21:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T11:21:35","slug":"election-2024-im-excited-we-picked-no-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/21\/election-2024-im-excited-we-picked-no-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Election 2024: I&#8217;m excited we picked No. 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has expressed enthusiasm following the party\u2019s placement in the eighth position on the 2024 presidential election ballot.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the Electoral Commission\u2019s (EC) balloting exercise held on September 20, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post, Mahama shared his positive outlook on the number eight, describing it as a symbol of hope and change for the NDC as the nation heads to the polls on December 7, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am excited that we picked No. 8 on the ballot for the upcoming presidential elections. Let\u2019s make this a number of hope and change on December 7,\u201d Mahama wrote, encouraging supporters to embrace the significance of the position.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, also chimed in with his own endorsement of the number.<\/p>\n<p>Bagbin took to social media, stating, \u201c8 is excellent. Don\u2019t break it. Choose it!\u201d His comment appeared to signal strong support for the party and its positioning ahead of the elections.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1089747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-20-at-18.43.20_9cbcf252-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"742\"  \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has expressed enthusiasm following the party\u2019s placement in the eighth position on the 2024 presidential election ballot. This follows the Electoral Commission\u2019s (EC) balloting exercise held on September 20, 2023. 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