The Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) has officially announced its endorsement of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2024 general elections.
This move comes after the Electoral Commission (EC) disqualified the GFP’s presidential candidate, Philip Appiah Kubi, also known as Roman Fada, on November 12.
Kubi’s candidacy was rejected due to discrepancies and errors in his nomination forms, following the unexpected death of the GFP’s initially approved presidential candidate, Akua Donkor.
At a media briefing on Wednesday, December 4, Jerry Addo, the Deputy General Secretary of the GFP, stated that the decision to back the NDC was made after thorough consultations with the party’s leadership.
Addo cited the NDC’s policies, particularly its plans to establish a Women’s Development Bank and scrap the payment of academic fees for first-year tertiary students, as key factors influencing the GFP’s endorsement.
“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] up to Saturday. It was not easy, we did extensive consultation. And you see, our mother the [late] flagbearer had women at heart.
“And 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.”
