Asiedu Nketiah
The General Secretary for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketiah aka General Mosquito has expressed his desire to partner with NDC’s flagbearer John Dramani Mahama as his running mate in the coming 2020 general elections.
According to Asiedu Nketiah speaking with Serwaa Amihere in an interview on GhOne TV, he is not going to campaign for the position of the running mate despite the interest he has in it.
He added that the only way this dream of being John Mahama’s running mate is if he is appointed and supported by the Council of Elders and National Executives Committee of the party.
“I look at the responsibilities so if you are asking me whether I am prepared to carry out that responsibility, I will say yes I am prepared to carry that responsibility if in the opinion of the flag bearer and others I should carry it to enhance our chances of winning. I won’t run away from that. But beyond that, I am not campaigning to be running mate because it doesn’t take a campaign to be a running mate. It’s the decision of the flag bearer supported by the Council of Elders and National Executives Committee. That is why you haven’t seen me going anywhere telling people that I want to be running mate this is my campaign team and this is my message and so on. When I was contesting as a General Secretary I did that because I know that what will get me to be the General Secretary will be the contest but this one there is no contest” – Asiedu Nketiah said.
When questioned what he would bring on the table when appointed as John Mahama’s running mate, Asiedu Nketiah said: “the question you are asking me is like somebody who comes to face the Parliamentary Committee for Vetting and then they ask you what is in you that President Akufo-Addo saw and appointed you. How can any nominee answer that question? You need to go and ask the appointing authority. So, if I am appointed, and you are interested in what you think I can bring on the onboard, you will find out from the person who identified what he thinks he needs to win the elections. if you give me an assignment for the nation, I do. And if you give me an assignment for my party, I do it. But I am not campaigning to become a running mate”.
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