Friday, November 11, 2016

Ghana Ex-First Lady Given Go-Ahead To Run For Presidency

Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, Ghana's ex-first lady (L) hopes to be more successful than US ex-first lady Hillary Clinton (R) in the race for the presidency AFP
Ghana’s electoral commission has announced the list of seven presidential candidates to contest the 7 December polls. 
BBC Africa Live report continues:
Three of the eight disqualified candidates who resubmitted their forms have been included on the list. They include Papa Kwasi Ndoum, the presidential hopeful whose legal battle forced the electoral body to reconsider nominations. 
Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, wife of former President Jerry Rawlings, has also been added to the list. 

President John Dramani Mahama is seeking a second term, in what is expected to be keenly contested election. 

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