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President Akufo-Addo has named his Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as his running mate for election 2020.

The President disclosed this at a short ceremony held at the Alisa Hotel in Accra today, June 27, 2020 immediately he was officially acclaimed as New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential candidate for the 2020 polls.

The President said, “The rules of the electoral commission and the constitution of the Republic of Ghana requires that at the time of filing my nomination, I need to indicate the identity of my running mate. If God permit will be the Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for the 2020 general elections.

The constitution of our party provides in Article 13 (3) that the vice-presidential candidates shall be selected upon the nomination of the presidential candidate in consultation with the National Council. So today, I have the great honor to put in consultation with the members of the national council my choice of running mate for the fourth time is the excellent, hardworking vice president Dr. Alhaji Mohamudu Bawumia."

Dr. Bawumia nomination was subsequently endorsed by the NPP National Council.

The acclamation was done at a special National Council meeting of the Party.

The acclamation was preceded by a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) on Friday.

This is the fourth time that President Akufo-Addo has chosen Dr Bawumia as his running mate.