A press statement for immediate release which is dated 16th of April, 2024 and signed by SAMMY GYAMFI ESQ.
(National Communications Officer).
The biggest opposition party the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is set to officially Out-Door its running mate for the 2024 general election.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC), announces for the information of its rank and file and the general public, that the party shall hold a ceremony to out-door its Running Mate for the 2024 General Election in Accra next week.
The event is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 24th April, 2024 at the Kofi Ohene Konadu Auditorium at the University of Professional Studies (UPSA).
The event will commence at 4:00pm prompt, by which time all invited guests and attendees must be seated.
The event will be graced by the NDC’s Flag-bearer for the 2024 General Election, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, members of the Functional Executive Committee and members of the Council of Elders of the party. Also in attendance will be members of Parliament and an array of distinguished guests from the Diplomatic Corps, the Clergy, Nananom, Women Groups, academia, representatives of Civil Society Organizations, Labour Organizations, Creative Arts, among others.
The Running Mate, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang will address the nation on the NDC’s vision for a progressive, inclusive and prosperous Ghana, as well as the live-transforming policies of our visionary Flag-bearer for the 2024 general elections.
This address will be preceded by a number of activities, between 4:00pm and 4:55pm before the official commencement of the main program of the day at 5pm prompt.
For emphasis, all attendees to the event must be seated by 4:00pm prompt.
All media houses who intend to deploy reporters to cover the event are entreated to contact the National Communication Bureau of the NDC for necessary accreditation.
Read: Brief Profile of Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang
Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang is a Ghanaian academic and politician who served as Minister for Education from February 2013 to January 2017. She is a full professor of literature. She served as the first female Vice-Chancellor of a state university in Ghana when she took over as Vice-Chancellor of University of Cape Coast. She currently serves as the Chancellor of the Women's University in Africa.
Between February 2013 and January 2017 she served as the Minister of Education after she was appointed by President John Mahama to serve in that role after the National Democratic Congress had won the 2012 Ghanaian general election. One of her focus areas was empowering the girl child education and empowering women. During her tenure as Minister for Education she focused on implementing policies that covered inclusiveness in education in Ghana which birth the Inclusive Education Policy 2015.
In the December 2020 Ghanaian presidential election, she partnered John Mahama as his running mate on the NDC party ticket. Mahama made an official declaration of Opoku-Agyeman as his running mate on July 6, 2020.
Opoku-Agyemang was selected as the presidential running mate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on July 6, 2020 for Ghana’s December 2020 General elections. She became the first female running mate of the two major political parties in Ghana. Her selection by the flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress was applauded by women groups and women activists as a positive sign to the Ghanaian political scene to promote gender balance and equality.
In 2020, she became the first woman to be selected as vice presidential candidate for a major political party.
The NDC National Executive Committee, on 7 March 2024, officially endorsed Opoku-Agyemang again as the running mate for the party's flagbearer, in the upcoming 2024 general elections.
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