NDC Primaries: Dr. Duffour Withdraws From NDC Flagbearership Race

Former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, has formally withdrawn from the NDC’s upcoming flagbearership contest.

Addressing a presser on Friday evening, the former Governor of the Bank of Ghana stated that his decision is based on his grievances with the processes surrounding the party’s upcoming primaries; especially the voters register.

According to him, the exercise has been marred by a lot of irregularities; a situation which has not been resolved by the leadership of the party.

On the back of this, he therefore stressed that he will no longer vie for the flagbearership of the NDC; adding he will still keep in touch with the grassroots.

Dr. Duffuor added that “My concerns that the party is not ready to conduct a free and fair election is evident for all to see. Taking part in such would be akin to knowingly drinking from a poisoned calabash. After consulting with my support base nationwide, I have been left with no choice but to withdraw from the Presidential election as I cannot contest in an election which is blatantly fraught with irregularities regardless of all my efforts to draw attention to same.”