Former President John Dramani Mahama has said he will bring together all flag bearer aspirants of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) after he wins the race.

Mr Mahama who is sure of emerging winner of the contest set for February 23, 2019 has promised to unite the other flag bearer aspirants to work for victory in 2020 because, in his view, no political party can beat the NDC when they are united.

Mr Mahama who is in the Volta Region on a seven-day campaign tour told delegates in the Ho West Constituency on Monday, 28 January 2019 that he will be a unifier when elected as the flag bearer.

He emphasized: “One of the major things for all of us to do is to come together as one. I believe the party has a very good opportunity in 2020 to win the election and take out the NPP from the government, but we can only do that if we are united as one.

“I believe that any time the NDC is united as a party, there is no way any party can win a victory over us and, so, I want to pledge to you that we are going to do this presidential primary on 23 February, and after we’ve finished the presidential primaries, we’ll put it behind us and all of us, including my fellow aspirants, will come together as one.

“Whoever wins the primaries, all of us will support that person to go and win victory in 2020 and I wish to pledge to you that if I win or should I say when I win, because I’m confident that I’ll win, I’m confident that with your support I’ll win, I want to pledge to you that all the other aspirants, I’ll bring them together.”

Seven aspirants gunning for the flag bearer role of the NDC have been successfully vetted and balloting for the slots on the ballot paper has also been done.

During the balloting last Wednesday, Mr Alban Bagbin picked the first slot followed by businessman, Nurudeen Iddrisu.

Former President John Dramani Mahama picked the third slot on the ballot paper while the fourth slot was picked by Sylvester Mensah, followed by Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Goosie Tanoh and Prof. Joshua Alabi in that order.