{"id":2806,"date":"2019-02-24T09:53:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T09:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/?p=2806"},"modified":"2019-02-24T09:53:19","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T09:53:19","slug":"read-what-defeated-ndc-aspirants-have-to-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/24\/read-what-defeated-ndc-aspirants-have-to-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Read what defeated NDC aspirants have to say&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"787\" height=\"150\" data-attachment-id=\"2807\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/24\/read-what-defeated-ndc-aspirants-have-to-say\/ndc-2020-aspirants\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ndc-2020-aspirants.png\" data-orig-size=\"787,150\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ndc 2020 aspirants\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ndc-2020-aspirants-300x57.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ndc-2020-aspirants.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ndc-2020-aspirants.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ndc-2020-aspirants.png 787w, https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ndc-2020-aspirants-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ndc-2020-aspirants-768x146.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Joshua Alabi has conceded former President John Mahama is the emphatic choice of the party for&nbsp;its 2020 flagbearer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sounding\n hearty, Prof. Joshua Alabi who once said Ghanaians are looking at their\n next president, will help the party to get Ghanaians to look at Mahama \nas their next president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RXLh_swgumg\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He was a very distant second with 1.51% to Mahama\u2019s 95.24%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is what they want and once they want it, you just take it like that,\u201d&nbsp;he told Joy News Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.myjoyonline.com\/photos\/news\/201902\/2177065544865_3493927050278.jpeg\" alt=\"Joshua Alabi new\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He\n called his votes as \u201cnot exactly what we wanted\u201d and appeared to wince \nat the thought of quickly posturing as Mahama\u2019s running mate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat\n is the prerogative of the flagbearer&#8230;let\u2019s leave the issue of the \nrunning mate to the flagbearer. I cannot think about running mate \nnow,\u201d&nbsp;he continued to discourage his interviewer, Evans Mensah from that\n line of questioning as well as having an interest in his two bottles of\n beer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sylvester\n Mensah, who lost in his own Ladekpotpon constituency said, it only \nproves the voters have made \u201ca loud statement\u201d and noted the sheer \nmargin of victory means there is no cause to complain. Of course, he \nexpected to perform \u201cfar, far better than this,\u201d&nbsp;an analysis which \npundits say is so far from the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.myjoyonline.com\/photos\/news\/201808\/3293616813348_1226357957296.jpeg\" alt=\"Sly Mensah 2018\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The\n appointee in the Mahama administration said he had made it a point to \ntext his former boss and call him too. That chat was \u201cuseful\u201d but will \nremain privileged information, he said. Sly Mensah expressed his \nreadiness to \u201calways\u201d play a role in the NDC because \u201cthere is so much \nwork to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nurideen\n rejected the suggestion his 0.231% garnered does not make his interest a\n joke unless that is also to suggest that 1.03% managed by Alban Bagbin \nalso shows he and others were joking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.myjoyonline.com\/photos\/news\/201806\/6126913263048_8649664155104.jpg\" alt=\"Nurideen\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The\n outcome, he said, is only confirmation, Mahama\u2019s victory is \u201cthe will \nof the people,\u201d&nbsp;something he could not have seen ahead of the polls \nuntil it happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ekwow\n Spio-Garbrah trying his second shot at leading the NDC, found his \nambition shot down again. Like Goosie Tanoh, he maintained the process \nwas skewed to favour the eventual winner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.myjoyonline.com\/photos\/news\/201711\/4678408448066_4572980236882.JPG\" alt=\"Spio-Gabrah on KABA\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But\n Goosie Tanoh would not readily gush about supporting Mahama. He \ninsisted he would support the party which he said is \u201cindirectly\u201d \nsupporting Mahama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\n his concession interview with Joy News, he spoke as the presumptive \nnominee drawing attention to the economy and the exchange rate, \nlamenting \u201cGhana is not at a place where it should be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\n was clear in his mind&nbsp;the way forward for the NDC should be if it is to\n have a \u201cfairly good run\u201d in 2020. The NDC needs to achieve \u201cinternal \ncohesion\u201d by drawing up a program of policies which the grassroot can \nbuy into and run with.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.myjoyonline.com\/photos\/news\/201902\/2442011069402_9035478959273.png\" alt=\"Goosie Tanoh\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Leaning\n on his notable strength in talking policy, he revealed his immediate \nfocus is using his Organise for Ghana (O4G), a \u201cprogressive platform\u201d to\n incubate \u201cvery specific policy intervention\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These  policies will be very well thought through he said and had a dig at the  government suggesting its policies and implementation are guess-work  inspired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/myjoyonline.com\">myjoyonline.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Prof. Joshua Alabi has conceded former President John Mahama is the emphatic choice of the party for&nbsp;its 2020 flagbearer. 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