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Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament and presidential hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Alban Bagbin has vented his anger towards the media accusing them of being biased towards former president, John Mahama.

He debunked the notion that Mr. Mahama stands tall against the rest in his party.

Speaking on Accra based GHOne TV, the lawmaker said he was troubled by the many media publicity that the former president has had as against others who have also expressed their interest in leading the party come December, 2020.

“I have indicated on certain terms my intension to contest the flagbearership of the NDC…actually I get worried that the media is focusing only on Mahama when there are other contestants. I don’t know why that is so.

“People are not talking about Professor Alabi, Spio-Garbrah…they are not talking about Sylvester Mensah and it is always Mahama Mahama,” Mr. Bagbin retorted.

For him, Mahama’s popularity on the media landscape may only be because of his past position as president adding that after losing in a very humiliating manner, Mr. Mahama is trying hard to have a comeback.


“But I would want to see the discussion go beyond Mahama,” Mr. Bagbin concluded.

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This is not the first and obviously not the last verbal lash the former president would receive after making his intention to lead his party in 2020.

Some schools of thought have opined that other flagbearer hopefuls of the NDC may gradually team up to rock the boat of Mahama.

They argue that ‘greed’ is what is bringing him back to the seat but others in the Mahama camp say, the former president is seeking another opportunity to redeem his image and to make it up to Ghanaians where he failed.

Out of the 11 who have shown interest in the topmost position of the party, Bagbin is confident he is the party’s best bet to lead it to victory in the 2020 elections.

The other suave gentlemen who have indicated their interest to lead the NDC are; Dr. Ekwow Spio Garbrah, Prof Joshua Alabi, Sylvester Mensah, Elikplim Agbemava, Kweku Ricket-Hagan, Goosie Tanoh and recently, former Kumasi mayor, Mr Kojo Bonsu among others.