Former president John Dramani Mahama on Monday, 3 November 2018, picked a nomination form to contest as the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Some executives from the Asawase Constituency of the NDC picked the forms on behalf of Mr Mahama at the party’s headquarters in Accra.
The nomination forms is being sold for GHS20,000.
The filing fee has been pegged at GHS400,000.
So far, Mr Mahama is the only candidate to pick the forms.
The NDC’s presidential primary is slated for 19 January 2019.
Meanwhile, MPs4Mahama, a group of 96 Minority Members of Parliament who have declared their support for Mr Mahama's bid to run for the NDC flag bearer slot ahead of the 2020 general elections, has so far mobilised 603 pledges of GHS1,000 each towards footing the filing fees of Mr Mahama.
Sources close to MPs4Mahama says the group has so far raised GHS600,000 through its "Operation 420 people willing to contribute GHS1,000 for JM" campaign.
Apart from the 603, the immediate-past Ashaiman Constituency Chairman of the NDC, Shaddad Umar Jallo, has also promised to pay half of the GHS400,000 filing fee for former president John Mahama.
According to Mr Jallo, his decision to support the former president is borne out of love for him coupled with his ability to win political power for the NDC in the 2020 elections.
In an interview with Class News, Mr Jallo refuted an assertion that the flag bearer race is now for the highest bidder.
Explaining further, Mr Jallo argued that all aspirants who cannot raise the GHS400,000 filing fee are not eligible to lead the NDC to be president.
“When I heard about it, I said it’s good because the party needs money to run the party. If somebody likes John Mahama in this country, I’m the first person because I used my 4 x 4 car and branded it John Mahama because I want John Mahama to come back so we can take power from the NPP in 2020.
“Nobody can take power for the party in 2020 than John Mahama. Because of that, this GHS400,000, I Shaddad Jallo, I’ll make sure that I’ll pay half of that money for John Mahama because I love him, I want him to come back to take power for us in 2020.”
Furthermore, a group of spare parts dealers at Abossey Okai has also pledged to pay half of the amount for Mr Mahama.
The NDC at its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Thursday, 29 November at the party’s headquarters in Accra, resolved that all male flag bearer aspirants are expected to pay GHS400,000 as filing fee while female flag bearer aspirants are to pay GHS200,000 and persons with disability aspiring to the same position are to pay GHS150,000.
Critics, including some of the flag bearer aspirants, have slammed the “exorbitant” filing fee.
Source: Class News
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OBSERVORS ARE ALWAYS THE WORRIED ONES. WHY ARE COMMENTATORS WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE PICKING FORMS FOR JOHN? JUST BECAUSE YOU SENSE DANGER THAT GHANAIANS HAVE SEEN THROUGH NPP LIES AND DECEIT? PLEASE MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS. FOR NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU SHOUT FROM THE TOP OF THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN YOUR VOICE WOULD NOT AND CANNOT CHANGE PEOPLES' MIND. TELL NANA ADDO AND HIS NPP TO SITUP AS THEIR OWN STRONGHOLD ASHANTI REGION IS DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED AND DISSATISFIED WITH YOUR (NANA AND NPP) POOR PERFORMANCE IN GOVERNMENT SO FAR. THE MORE YOU SHOUT CRUCIFY JOHN MAHAMA THE MORE THE BLESSINGS ARE COMING TO HIM (JOHN). THE CHOICE IS YOURS.
What sort of communist inferior tactics is this. The people of asawase are comparatively low income earners and it is so insensitive for JDM to accept their money even if it is true they offered it. What sort of politics and leaders do we have in this country. All they know is take take and take haba. Thus is a bad plan JDM please change your style
mahama and the ndc think we're kids in this country. mahama has distributed the forms and filing fees to some ndc members so they would seem like he has no money and that other people are paying for him. ndc and lies, no no no no no. all these monies will go down the drain..mahama will not win come 2020
Folks, right here in Ghana in Asawase the tragedy of Africa is being enacted. Here are people who are super-poor. Why are they poor? They are poor because others are rich.They are poor because what should be used to help in the development of the community and its denizens has been l00ted by a few. Yet these same people from whom much has been st0len have lined up to part with the little they have to support the greatest th13f of modern Ghana so he can come back to power to st3al some more from them. How do these people think?
DECEIVE yourself and pretend as if he is mobilizing something. The time for the general elections will come. You can choose to tilt it to favor Mahama. The REAL task (elections) can't be tilted to favor him. From Onaaaapo to Bobolobobo. KB report said it.
DID I HEAR IT RIGHT? ASAWASE PAID FOR JDM? LOOK AT YOUR PEOPLE,YOUR GUTTERS, YOUR CHILDREN AND THE ENVIRONMENT YOU LIVE IN, LOOK AT THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE YOU WILL BE GOING TO BEG TO VOTE FOR THE PARTY, ARE YOU PEOPLE SANE? CAN'T YOU USE THIS AMOUNT TO HELP AND IMPROVES THE LIVES OF YOUR PEOPLE WHO SIT ON ROAD SIDES BEGGING FOR HELP? YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR BILLIONAIRE JDM? OH AFRICA, OH MOTHER GHANA, WHY CAN'T PEOPLE REASON AND MAKE RIGHT CHOICES?
You claim you want to unite the party, yet your greed makes you do things without even thinking of others. Your colleague aspirants have petitioned for a review of the fee, why don't you at least wait for the outcome of the petition? The money is not a problem for you so you don't care about the concerns of others. OK, you go alone, and after the primaries, let's see if you will talk of unity in the party. Grreeeedy man!
hahahahahahahahhahaha laughing in small and capital letters, when they did it to that guy all joined to say the guy was mad and not sound for his crime to dare to contest JM and now the big guys it is your turn Spio etc now see the price tag. you are now crying just let your followers pay for you. your party always cook for one and only one person from JJ, to Mills and now JDM. we are watching you all