Former President John Dramani Mahama has made a slight overture saying his running-mate for the December presidential elections will be a man, bringing to rest speculations that he may be considering Dr. Zenator Rawlings, the daughter of ex-President Jerry John Rawlings.
During his regular televised social media interaction dubbed ‘Digital Conversation’ on Thursday, April 30, 2020, the presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) hinted at the gender of his deputy by using a male pronoun to address the unknown candidate. “I have a firm idea [of] who my running mate will be and we will name him at the right time,” he said.
In response to the issue of the identity of vice presidential candidate will be, he still holds his cards tight to his chest but weaves out any possibility the running-mate will be a woman.
Mr. Mahama made the gender of his yet to be appointed Running Mate, whom he said he had a clear idea of known in a conversation with admirers on Facebook.
He also debunked claims that the naming of his Running Mate has been too long in coming.
“We are not late at all,” he stated, adding that “the deadline for naming our running mate is when the Electoral Commission opens nominations in September.”
He added that “In the midst of Covid-19, this in not the time to name running mate because you cannot outdoor him.”