Former President John Dramani Mahama has announced that his running mate for the 2024 general elections will be unveiled in February 2024.

Emphasizing that the decision is not solely his to make, Mahama cited the NDC's constitution, highlighting the involvement of the Functional Executive Committee (FEC), the Council of Elders, and himself in the selection process.

“It appears every region I go everyone has a vice presidential candidate for me. I said in Bono Region that the NDC constitution has stipulated how a running mate should be selected, I cannot take that decision alone.

“I have to do that with the Functional Executive Committee and the Council of Elders and then go through the list of people who are qualified to be running mate then we select one. We are going to do that God willing, February.

“So all those who want their preferred persons to be selected should pray that our hearts will be touched to select that person. Let us all be patient and when the time is due we will,” he said while interacting with the Chief of Sefwi Wiawso in the Western North Region of Ghana, Okatakyie Kwasi Bumangama II, on Wednesday, December 13.

He urged patience, stating, "So all those who want their preferred persons to be selected should pray that our hearts will be touched to select that person. Let us all be patient, and when the time is due, we will."

In response, Okatakyie Kwasi Bumangama II expressed concern about the diminished power of chiefs, attributing it to constitutional changes.

He called on Mahama to restore the authority of chiefs if he seeks to return to office, asserting, "If [Mr. Mahama] wants to come back, then he should give us that power again, and we will all support him."

“I am glad you have visited me in my palace. Let me make this point that politicians have taken the powers of the chiefs, who are now powerless to the extent that people I summon to appear before me threaten to take me to court but this was not the case in the past.

“If [Mr Mahama] wants to come back then he should give us that power again and we will all support him,” he demanded.