Over 1,206 Delegates In Lower West Akim Endorses Mahama-Ahead Of NDC Presidential Primaries
"We are ever ready and well prepared to meet former President John Dramani Mahama and we are bringing all the 1,206 delegates in the Lower West Akim Constituency on board to meet him. The security of the people to grace the occasion is also under control," Mr Mohammed assured.
Freeman Koryekpor 
A total of one thousand, two hundred and six (1,206) delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Lower West Akim Constituency of the Eastern Region has publicly endorsed former President,John Dramani Mahama as the most qualified person to lead the NDC into 2024 general election to win the power from the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
The massive endorsement of Dramani Mahama by the delegates and members of the NDC in the Lover Lower West Akim was announced by the Chairman of the Constituency, Mr. Ibrahim Mohammed briefly ahead of flagbearership and parliamentary elections of the NDC, slated for Saturday May13, 2023, at various centres across the country.
Mr Mohammed confirmed this in an interview with Soireeenews.com to throw more light on the visit of the former President to the Lower West Akim in Asamankese on Thursday April 13,2023.
"We are ever ready and well prepared to meet former President John Dramani Mahama and we are bringing all the 1,206 delegates in the Lower West Akim Constituency on board to meet him. The security of the people to grace the occasion is also under control," Mr Mohammed assured.
He maintained that there are absolute peace and unity in the front of the members and delegates of the NDC in the area ahead of the NDC primaries.
Having being the chairman of the area, Mr Mohammed noted that he is billed to deliver a speech of hope on the platform to welcome the former President Dramani Mahama "today to our constituency."
He reiterated that his outfit has taken a contingency measures to bring all the delegates on the ground to thrown their unflinching support to former President Dramani in his bid to lead the party flagbearership.
"There is no doubt that we are going to throw our support to former PresidentJohn Dramani Mahama because since we are all believe in him [President Dramani Mahama]. “we, the Executives and delegates of the NDC in the Lower West Akim, have unanimously pledged our unflinching support for flagbearer candidate Ex-President John Dramani Mahama.”
"There are pieces of documentary evidence that Ex-President John Dramani Mahama is only person who has expertises and competences to save the NDC to win the political power from the New Patriotic Party (NPP), so we are all in support of him and also endorse him to lead the party presidential position in the 2024 showdown," Mr Mohamed maintained.
"All the 1,206 delegates in the Lower West Akim constituency have declared a 100 % support for the presidential bid of former President Dramani Mahama and they are going to vote for him to win the race and subsequently win the power for the party in the 2024 general elections," he stressed.
According to the chairman, their position was informed by research and a belief that the former President is the right person to lead the party at this time in history.
Mr Mohamed asserted that the delegates and members of the NDC in the constituency’s support is notwithstanding the sterling qualities of the other candidates in the race.
He reiterated that "we are endorsing Mr Dramani Mahama to lead the NDC flagbearership for the 2024 general elections based on his previous track records and achievements of promoting socioeconomic growth and development in the are.
"The former President John Dramani Mahama had done it good before so we know that he is more experienced person than other candidates who have demonstrated in their bid to lead the great umbrella family, our executives have voted unanimously to support Mr. Mahama’s bid. So there is no doubt that he is the one who is capable to win the political power for the NDC and send the NPP to opposition," Mr Mohammed stressed.
On the issues in relation to the NDC in the Lower West Akim Constituency not having parliamentary candidate before the visit of President Dramani Mahama to the constituency today, Mr Mohammed responded that this issue has nothing to affect the peace and unity the people of the party are enjoying in the area.
He pointed out that the issue in battling indicates that the petitioners have not petitioned the Lower West Akim constituency executives to protest the confirmation of the contestants of NDC parliamentary primaries but they petitioned the Eastern Regional Vetting Committee of the NDC and made the cases against these parliamentary hopefuls.
"The petitioners didn't petition us as the constituency executives of the NDC, so it is office that they had petitioned is the one responsible to find out of those who had submitted the petition to their outfit.
However, finding out those who had petitioned the Eastern Regional Vetting Committee is not the work of Lower West Akim Constituency executives,"Mohammed noted, stressing that has been in this party politics since 1992.
According to Mr Mohammed it is the work of the panel of the Eastern Regional Vetting Committee to do fair justice to all the petitions which were brought against the parliamentary hopefuls, stressing that this is not "our work as the constituency executives."
"Even though if these ongoing issues would affect the party in the constituency, l believe that the vetting committee knowns it better.
Because that is why the leadership of the NDC has selected the members of the vetting committee to come and do justice to the vetting processes of the parliamentary aspirants in the area" he explained.
Mincing no words, Mr Mohammed called for a united front to wrestle the Lower West Akim parliamentary seat from the NPP in the 2024 general elections.
