North Tongu Member of Parliament Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has disclosed that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will choose its flagbearer for the 2024 elections in March of this year.

According to him, “the functional executive committee (FEC) and the National Executive Council (NEC) will meet and agree with the publication of the timetable for the election of the flagbearer”.

“In March we are going for an election. An election to choose the flagbearer after the flagbearer is elected, he has to choose his running mate, but let me be clear here, the time timetable isn't out yet, but these are the discussions going on behind the scene”.

Mr. Ablakwa also stated that the election of the flagbearer should have taken place on December 7, 2022, a delay he feels is a violation of the party's constitution.

He is confident that former President John Mahama will receive 95% of the valid votes cast.

“Remember that, our constitution says when we are in opposition we must elect our flagbearer 2 years before the main election, so technically speaking we are late, we should’ve done this election on December 7, 2022… For this reason, I don’t expect it to go beyond March,” he told the morning show host of Kumasi-based Oyerepa TV Kwesi Parker-Wilson.

During the polls for the flagbearership competition, former Finance Minister Kwabena Duffuor and former Mayor of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly Kojo Bonsu are anticipated to challenge former President Mahama.