The Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) has officially endorsed the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the lead-up to the 2024 general election.
This endorsement follows the disqualification of GFP’s presidential candidate, Philip Appiah Kubi (also known as Roman Fada), by the Electoral Commission on November 12. Kubi’s disqualification was due to irregularities and errors on his nomination forms after the sudden death of the party’s original flagbearer, Akua Donkor.
During a media briefing on December 4, Jerry Addo, the Deputy General Secretary of GFP, explained that after extensive discussions with party executives, the GFP had decided to back the NDC.
The decision was largely influenced by the NDC’s policies, particularly its proposals to establish a Women’s Development Bank and provide free tuition for first-year tertiary students, should the party win the December 7 elections.
“The Ghana Freedom Party is supporting the candidature of the flagbearer of H.E John Dramani Mahama on Saturday [December 7]. He’s going to capture power to save Ghanaians. And I want to state here and it’s a fact, nobody has coerced us, nobody has influenced us into arriving at this decision.
“We critically examined the manifestoes and policies of the various political parties and even the independent candidates. That is why we have to arrive at this decision very late. Because we just have from today [Wednesday] to Saturday. It was not easy, we did extensive consultation. And you see, our mother the [late] flagbearer had women at heart.
“NDC has a campaign policy of establishing the Women’s Development Bank, it was one thing that was vital to our mother. It was crucial to her, why won’t we go that line? Our mother didn’t have formal education and the NDC is promising free tertiary education for first-year students and also the physically challenged. It’s a policy our mother wanted.
“The policies and vision of the NDC are in line with Ghana Freedom Party”, he stated.
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