Flagbearer hopeful for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kweku Ricketts-Hagan says his decision to join the presidential race is not to become a running mate to former President Mahama or any other candidate.
“I’m not in the race for a running mate. I am running because I want to be a presidential candidate. I want to serve my party and the country. There are people who have the ambition of being running mates but that isn’t my ambition,” he said.
Mr Hagan is expected to compete with 2nd Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin; Professor Joshua Alabi; Former National Health Insurance Scheme boss Sylvester Mensah; Former Trades Minister, Spio Grabrah and former President Mahama who has officially launched his campaign and currently touring the Northern region.
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But speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen Tuesday, the NDC MP for Cape Coast South noted he was going into the contest to win, rubbishing the suggestion that he would opt out to back Mr Mahama at the last minute.
He stressed that it would take a very strong personality like him with international experience in marketing and communication to lead the NDC to victory in 2020.
He added that he will not campaign on the legacies of former President John Dramani Mahama if he should emerge the winner.
“Nobody is going to campaign on anybody’s legacy. In fact, we lost an election on our legacy, the legacy that people are saying I should campaign on. So it tells you that all of us the candidates that are in the race now, nobody is going to win an election on a legacy. Everyone has to come up with what they are going to do, going forward,” he noted.