The main opposition political party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), is preparing to launch its campaign for the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections later this month.

This was revealed by the flag bearer of the party, John Dramani Mahama.

The former President said after the launch of the campaign in July, members of the party would be deployed across the country to solicit votes.

Mr Mahama made the pronouncement during a working visit to the Ayawaso West Wuogon and Adentan constituencies in the Greater Accra Region on Friday.

During the visit he met with various stakeholders, including chiefs, members of the Clergy, students, market women, and the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo.

Addressing a mini rally at the Elizabeth Sey Hostel at the University of Ghana,Legon, Mr Mahama said he was seeking re-election to implement the right policies that would improve the lives of all citizens and not a selected few.

He urged the students to have faith in him and the NDC parliamentary aspirant for the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency, John Dumelo, to help change the situation.

The former President said although the university had expanded in population, its infrastructure had seen little expansion, culminating in congestion at various residential halls.

He pledged to partner the private sector to build more hostel facilities in the university to curb the rising accommodation crisis on campus.

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In another development, the John Mahama Campaign team has issued a strong caution to the NPP against provocative acts.

The statement follows deliberate attempts to deface or block the NDC 2024 Presidential candidate’s campaign bill board in the Tema central constituency.

The statement signed by Joyce Bawa Mogtari is in reaction to the Chief Executive of the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA)’s directive for the pulling down of a billboard of HE John Dramani Mahama, mounted by Alliance Media in Tema.
It described the act as ‘unacceptable and constitutes a needless provocative attempt to raise the political temperature in the country.

The statement further noted that Alliance Media, a legally registered Ghanaian advertising business, has the rightful permission to mount Out-of-Home (OOH) and Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) sites nationwide.

The NDC statement said while it expects Alliance Media to take legal action against the TMA for this act, the John Mahama campaign team is warning the TMA Chief Executive and the NPP that such needless acts, which can lead to deliberate political clashes and violence, are detrimental to the growth of our democracy.

It called on the National Peace Council and religious and civil society organisations to take action before things get our of control.

“The Mahama Campaign wishes to caution that such acts will no longer be tolerated. If they persist, we will be compelled to instruct our members to take necessary measures to prevent such acts across the country. We urge the NPP to campaign peacefully and respect the rights of others to advertise their political candidates and messages. Violence and destruction of property have no place in our political discourse.” ..It concluded

The Movement for Change has categorically stated that it will not accept the outcome of the December 7 election if there’s evidence that it was rigged.

This follows the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa urging political parties to accept the outcome of the 2024 general elections.

During the presentation of the Democracy Cup to the EC by the leadership of Parliament in Accra on Wednesday, the Chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensa assured of transparent elections and urged political leaders to accept the outcome of the polls.

“Just like the football match we serve as the midwives that birth the elections, we are the referees that conduct, that lay the elections and the processes that lead to the election day itself.

“So as referees we are committed to ensuring that our activities from now in the lead up to the election and all our electoral processes are transparent, they are open, they are fair, and they involve the collaboration of our key stakeholders, that is, the political parties and the citizenry.”

“We commit to ensuring transparency in all aspects of our work…We will commit to maintaining and showing that level of transparency across all aspects of our work.

“So, we also want to entreat and call upon the contestants of the election to accept the outcomes of the election. Surely there will be a winner and surely there will be losers,” she stated.

But commenting further on the issue in an interview on Ghana Kasa show on Kasapa 102.5FM/Agoo TV Thursday, a leading member of the Movement for Change, Solomon Owusu stated that it doesn’t lie in the mouth of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission to tell political parties to accept election results.

“If you organize a free, fair and transparent election who will have the cause to dispute the results. We know that in every election it is either you win or lose. But we will never accept any outcome of an election when it is clear that the Electoral Commission colluded with others to rig it in favour of a particular political party. As for that one, we will never accept that result. If it is the EC’s intention to rig the election that it why they and President Akufo-Addo are preparing the minds of Ghanaians, then they must be very careful.”

He added: “The EC has only one mandate, organize a free, fair and transparent election. If you conduct a bogus election and tell us to accept the outcome of the election we’ll will resist with vehemence and all the power we can marshal”

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