Amissah-Arthur Is Mahama's 2016 Running Mate

Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has ben retained as President John Mahama's running mate for the 2016 presidential elections. Mahama announced his decision to the National Executive Committee (NEC) and the National Council of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Monday. According to party insiders, Mahama said he is settling on the former governor of the Bank of Ghana because of the “close working relationship” between them as well as the “confidence” Amissah-Arthur brings on-board. Groups within the NDC were lobbying the seat of government – the Flagstaff House – for Mahama to change soft-spoken Amissah-Arthur, who was described as “incompetent.”

Prior to his endorsement, some concerned groups were rooting for the Speaker of Parliament, Doe Adjaho and foreign affairs minister Hanna Tetteh. However, Mahama who will be contesting the New Patriotic Party’s duo Nana Akufo-Addo and Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for a second term has shown faith with Kwesi Amissah-Arthur for the second time since the 2012 general elections.