“I have officially joined the race to contest for the flagbearer slot of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2024 elections, which I consider to be the most important and defining poll of our time,” Mahama told a packed auditorium of jubilant party bigwigs and animated supporters gathered in the stronghold of the party, Volta Region – 159-km drive from the capital, Accra.
Having lost the two previous elections (2016 and 2020) to incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo, the 64-year-old said he reflected for months before putting himself up again to lead the largest opposition party in the West African country.
