NDC confirms Naana Opoku-Agyemang as Mahama’s running mate

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, former President John Dramani Mahama, has chosen Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang to be his running mate in this year’s presidential election.

The national communication officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi, announced that Professor Opoku-Agyemang had been selected as the running mate for the NDC ticket after a meeting between the flagbearer and the National Executive Committee at NDC headquarters in Accra on Monday 6 July.

“I can tell you that the running mate of His Excellency John Dramani Mahama for the 2020 general election is Professor Jane Naana Opuku-Agyemang. That choice has been approved unanimously by the Council,” Gyamfi said.

He also said that the reasons for what he described as a “historic choice” will be laid out in a statement, to be issued later by former president Mahama.

“We are certain in our minds that this is a winning ticket. His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, ably supported by the competent, trustworthy, honest, sincere, mature Professor Naana Jane Agyemang, will deliver victory for the NDC in the coming elections,” he declared.

Mahama full of praise

John Mahama has taken to his social media handles to extol the virtues of Professor Opoku-Agyemang.

He wrote: “The National Executive Committee of our great party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), this afternoon, unanimously, endorsed my nomination of Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang as my running mate for the December 2020 election.

“Naana Jane is God-fearing, a distinguished scholar, a conscientious public servant and a role model.”

Profile

Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang is the current Africa board chairperson of the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE). She has been a member of FAWE since 2014.

She is a former minister of education in Ghana.

Professor Opoku-Agyemang was appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Coast in 2008, the first female vice-chancellor of a public university in Ghana.

Before leading the university, she had since 1986 served as head of the English department, dean of the Faculty of Arts, dean of the Board of Graduate Studies and founding dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research.

She was also the academic director of the African Diaspora Studies programme of the School for International Training Study Abroad.

In October 2009, she was elected Ghana’s representative to UNESCO’s executive board. She has since been re-elected to the UNESCO board.

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